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misimitating

misimitating is the present participle and gerund 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 misimitating

What is misimitating the present participle and gerund of?
Misimitating is the present participle and gerund of misimitate.

Words near misimitating in the dictionary

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

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