miscirculate

To circulate badly, such as among the wrong people or not widely enough.

Verb

  1. To circulate badly, such as among the wrong people or not widely enough.
    • Masters wants his money back so he can burn it, because, as he says, "it's no good to me after they've handled it." It has circulated in the wrong space, miscirculated in that other space, a space of labor, industry,...
    • On Christmas Day in 1773, Franklin identified himself as the source of the miscirculated letters in order to prevent suspicion from falling on others. Franklin's confession came only nine days after the Boston Tea...
    • A healthy economy produces and circulates its goods in the markets in which it operates. A sick money economy under-serves demand and miscirculates its products. - 2019 June, John Woods, “Four grades of...

Origin

From mis- + circulate.

Forms

miscirculates miscirculating miscirculated