maldistributedadj.
/ˌmaldᵻˈstrɪbjᵿtᵻd/, /ˌmalˈdɪstrᵻbjuːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈˌmældəˈstrɪbjudəd/ That has been distributed unequally, inefficiently, or inequitably.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > wrongly distributed
maldistributed1933
1933 Planning 6 June 1 Unemployment has grown..to a world-wide problem of maldistributed leisure.
1935 Discovery Jan. 14/1 Poverty persists and populations become maldistributed.
1969 Listener 6 Mar. 318/1 The story which began in the wilderness ends..in automated (if maldistributed) affluence.
1992 New Statesman & Society 17 Apr. 5/1 That third of our society that never shared in the maldistributed prosperity of the Thatcher years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1933- ovary
- ovate
- ovate-acuminate
- ovate-conic
- ovate-conical
- ovate-cordate
- ovate-cuneate
- ovate-cylindrical
- ovate-deltoid
- ovate-elliptic
- ovate-lanceolate
- ovate-leaved
- ovate-oblong
- ovate-quadrilateral
- ovate-rotund
- ovate-rotundate
- ovate-serrated
- ovate-subulate
- ovate-triangular
- over-noting
- over-nourish
- over-nourished
- over-number
- over-nurse
- over-nutrition