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mismemorizing

mismemorizing is the present participle and gerund of mismemorize.

Meaning of mismemorize

Verb

mismemorize (third-person singular simple present mismemorizes, present participle mismemorizing, simple past and past participle mismemorized)

  1. To memorize inaccurately.
    • For example, if a bird mismemorizes the tutor song, and produces a perfect copy of its inaccurate template, then BOS itself could be a closer approximation of the template than tutor song.1999, Michele M. Solis, Influences of Song Experience on the Development of Selectivity in the Zebra Finch Forebrain, page 40

Questions about mismemorizing

What is mismemorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Mismemorizing is the present participle and gerund of mismemorize.

Words near mismemorizing in the dictionary

  1. mismeetings
  2. mismeets
  3. mismemorize
  4. mismemorized
  5. mismemorizes
  6. mismemorizing
  7. mismend
  8. mismended
  9. mismending
  10. mismends
  11. mismenstruation

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