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malcompensate

malcompensate verb: to compensate inappropriately.

Verb

malcompensate (third-person singular simple present malcompensates, present participle malcompensating, simple past and past participle malcompensated)

  1. To compensate inappropriately

Forms of malcompensate

third-person singular presentmalcompensates
present participlemalcompensating
past participlemalcompensated
pastmalcompensated

Origin of malcompensate

From mal- + compensate.

Questions about malcompensate

What does malcompensate mean?
Malcompensate means to compensate inappropriately.
What part of speech is malcompensate?
Malcompensate is a verb.
What is the past tense of malcompensate?
The past tense of malcompensate is malcompensated.

Words near malcompensate in the dictionary

  1. Malcom
  2. Malcomb
  3. Malcombs
  4. malcommunication
  5. malcommunications
  6. malcompensate
  7. malcompensation
  8. malcompensations
  9. Malcoms
  10. Malcomson
  11. Malcomsons

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