missynthesize
missynthesize verb: to synthesize badly or incorrectly.
Verb
missynthesize (third-person singular simple present missynthesizes, present participle missynthesizing, simple past and past participle missynthesized)
- To synthesize badly or incorrectly.
- Now, Pound wrote no Imagistic poems as bad as my missynthesized example, but he quickly discovered that deliberately incongruous superimpositions could be used as a potent satirical tool:1997, Daniel Albright, Quantum Poetics, page 144
- By protecting DNA, selenium reduces the missynthesizing of proteins.2003, Sujoy Deyasi, Uniphase, page 88
Forms of missynthesize
| third-person singular present | missynthesizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | missynthesizing |
| past participle | missynthesized |
| past | missynthesized |
Origin of missynthesize
From mis- + synthesize.
Questions about missynthesize
- What does missynthesize mean?
- Missynthesize means to synthesize badly or incorrectly.
- What part of speech is missynthesize?
- Missynthesize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of missynthesize?
- The past tense of missynthesize is missynthesized.
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