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misimitated

misimitated is the simple past and past participle of misimitate.

Meaning of misimitate

Verb

misimitate (third-person singular simple present misimitates, present participle misimitating, simple past and past participle misimitated)

  1. To imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of
    • Whenever anyone for some reason is motivated to improve his speech, he imitates ( or misimitates ) what he thinks to be the community norm .1969, Working Papers in Linguistics - Volume 1, Parts 4-6, page 87

Questions about misimitated

What is misimitated the simple past and past participle of?
Misimitated is the simple past and past participle of misimitate.

Words near misimitated in the dictionary

  1. misimagines
  2. misimagining
  3. Misiman
  4. Misimans
  5. misimitate
  6. misimitated
  7. misimitates
  8. misimitating
  9. misimitation
  10. misimitations
  11. misimplant

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