misenunciating

Verb

misenunciate (third-person singular simple present misenunciates, present participle misenunciating, simple past and past participle misenunciated)

1. 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