misenunciate
misenunciate verb: to mispronounce due to poor articulation.
Verb
misenunciate (third-person singular simple present misenunciates, present participle misenunciating, simple past and past participle misenunciated)
- To mispronounce due to poor articulation.
- The training is not primarily intended for children who merely mispronounce or misenunciate or express themselves inaptly, unidiomatically and incorrectly for reasons other than defects of speech.1924, John Edward Wallace Wallin, The Education of Handicapped Children, page 124
- What common words are usually misenunciated because of failure to open the mouth properly?1935, Howard Roscoe Driggs, Living English: For Junior High Schools - Volume 1, page 151
Forms of misenunciate
| third-person singular present | misenunciates |
|---|---|
| present participle | misenunciating |
| past participle | misenunciated |
| past | misenunciated |
Origin of misenunciate
From mis- + enunciate.
Questions about misenunciate
- What does misenunciate mean?
- Misenunciate means to mispronounce due to poor articulation.
- What part of speech is misenunciate?
- Misenunciate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misenunciate?
- The past tense of misenunciate is misenunciated.
Words near misenunciate in the dictionary
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