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maldigest

maldigest verb: to digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.

Verb

maldigest (third-person singular simple present maldigests, present participle maldigesting, simple past and past participle maldigested)

  1. To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.
    • I wouldn't want my sister to marry a Communist, and force me to maldigest my Sunday morning bagel arguing dialectics with a sectarian brother-in-law.1983, Mid-America: An Historical Review, page 29
    • Healthy humans may maldigest or malabsorb carbohydrates.2010, Henry P. Parkman, GI Motility Testing: A Laboratory and Office Handbook, page 138

Forms of maldigest

third-person singular presentmaldigests
present participlemaldigesting
past participlemaldigested
pastmaldigested

Origin of maldigest

From mal- + digest.

Questions about maldigest

What does maldigest mean?
Maldigest means to digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.
What part of speech is maldigest?
Maldigest is a verb.
What is the past tense of maldigest?
The past tense of maldigest is maldigested.

Words near maldigest in the dictionary

  1. maldeveloped
  2. maldevelopment
  3. maldevelopments
  4. MALDI
  5. maldifferentiation
  6. maldigest
  7. maldigested
  8. maldigesting
  9. maldigestion
  10. maldigestions
  11. maldigestive

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