Definition
misarticulate
verb
- to pronounce or speak (words or sounds) indistinctly or incorrectly
- to connect or join (bones or parts) incorrectly or improperly
Usage: transitive or intransitive
Usage: technical; anatomy
Examples
- The nervous speaker began to misarticulate her words during the presentation.
- He misarticulated the foreign name, causing the audience to chuckle.
- The patient's jaw was found to misarticulate due to the injury.
- When tired, she tends to misarticulate certain consonants.
- The dental work corrected the way his teeth misarticulated.
- Children sometimes misarticulate sounds as they learn to speak.