"miscirculate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: miscirculates [present, singular, third-person], miscirculating [participle, present], miscirculated [participle, past], miscirculated [past]
Etymology: mis- + circulate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|circulate}} mis- + circulate Head templates: {{en-verb}} miscirculate (third-person singular simple present miscirculates, present participle miscirculating, simple past and past participle miscirculated)
  1. To circulate badly, such as among the wrong people or not widely enough.
    Sense id: en-miscirculate-en-verb-eoqwPKmj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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