Home › Words › M › misimitatemisimitatemisimitate means to imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of.EtymologyFrom mis- + imitate.verbTo imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation ofe.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misimitation 82% match — The act of misimitating; defective imitation. vs misimitate →mimic 68% match — To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. vs misimitate →imitating 66% match — An instance of imitation. vs misimitate →imitant 66% match — An imitator. vs misimitate →imitate 64% match — To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. vs misimitate →misproduce 64% match — To produce something poorly, or in an improper way vs misimitate →imitatee 63% match — One that is imitated vs misimitate →misimprint 63% match — To imprint wrongly. vs misimitate →