maldistribution
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8.6
- noun
- /ˌmæl.dɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
- Specialized
:
maldistribución
- However, Panama ranked next to the bottom in maldistribution of income; only El Salvador did worse in this regard.
Examples
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Socialists and capitalists alike considered these maldistributions untenable, albeit for very different reasons.
Academic text (2008) -
In the Soviet health-care literature, the problem of maldistribution of physicians across urban and rural areas is often cited but has not been documented in detail below the republic level.
Academic text (1990) -
Rampant inflation, massive unemployment, and a gross maldistribution of income and wealth have become structural features of most national economies.
Academic text (1993) -
Despite the success of these and other individual programs, the number of medical school graduates selecting primary care fields continues to decline, and physician geographic maldistribution persists.
Academic text (2010) -
A year later, the percentage had only increased to 33 percent, and the maldistribution of primary care physicians had actually worsened (Schafer 1995).
Academic text (1997) -
High levels of turnover are a root cause of current shortages and maldistributions of the health workforce, which have been associated with varying levels of health and survival across and within countries.
Blog text (28) -
The ravages of imperialism, structural dependency, maldistribution of wealth, and environmental destruction are no less devastating with the triumph of capitalism.
Academic text (1995) -
In rural areas of the developing world, population growth, environmental degradation, and maldistributions of critical resources often work in tandem to produce chronic poverty, landlessness, and income inequality.
Academic text (2002) -
By the 150th anniversary of The Wealth of Nations in 1926, enlightened capitalism and the emerging welfare state had eliminated some of the squalor, though little of the maldistribution of wealth.
Academic text (1992) -
The recent report highlighted the severe maldistribution of resources between urban and rural areas.
Synonyms
86
4.2
When different parts are not equal in amount or power
25
7.4
Unfair treatment that gives some people fewer chances or help
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4.1
A difference in how money and goods are shared between people or groups
2
5.8
An uneven amount or size between parts of something
1
8.1
A situation when one thing is much larger or smaller than another and seems unfair
An unfair way of giving things or help to groups of people
An unfair division of seats between areas or groups that gives some more representatives
Antonyms
- Specialized
3
5.8
A computer model that gives equal results for different groups and avoids bias
How Even
Surface Forms
Morphology
maldistribution = distribution (transparent) = mal + distribute + ion
The prefix 'mal-' (bad/poor) attaches to the noun 'distribution' to indicate an unfair or improper distribution, a direct negative prefixation.
Etymology
Maldistribution comes from the prefix mal- meaning 'bad' (as in malfunction) and distribution meaning 'giving out' or 'sharing'. So maldistribution is when resources or chances are shared 'badly' or unfairly, leaving some people or places with too little.