Recite so badly it's understood by few (8)
I believe the answer is:
esoteric
'understood by few' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'recite so badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'recite'+'so'='reciteso'
'reciteso' with letters rearranged gives 'ESOTERIC'.
'it's' is the link.
(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Understood by only a few people" , "Cryptic" , "hidden" , "'Abstruse, arcane (8)'" , "Highly specialised" .)