Misimitate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 ."
Example
More examples"Whenever anyone for some reason is motivated to improve his speech, he imitates ( or misimitates ) what he thinks to be the community norm ."
Etymology
From mis- + imitate.
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