maldistribution

American  

[mal-dis-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌmæl dɪs trəˈbyu ʃən /

noun

1. bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.

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maldistribution British  

/ ˌmældɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən /

noun

1. faulty, unequal, or unfair distribution (as of wealth, business, etc)

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Other Word Forms

• maldistributed adjective

Etymology

Origin of maldistribution

First recorded in 1890–95; mal- + distribution

Example Sentences

There’s no justification for that kind of maldistribution and none of us are smart enough to say we deserve that much more than that for everybody else.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2021

The real issue: Fixing the maldistribution of health care is important, Nisarg A. Patel writes.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2017

The president of the UK Faculty of Public Health said the five-day week should be phased out to end what he called "a maldistribution of work" that is damaging many people's health.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2014

Law school defenders note that huge swaths of the country lack adequate and affordable access to lawyers, which suggests that the issue here isn’t oversupply so much as maldistribution.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2011

The less the economic waste, due to maldistribution and to other causes, the greater the product of industry will be.

From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Feis, Herbert