mismemorize

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verb

To memorize inaccurately.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person mismemorizes · participle present mismemorizing · participle past mismemorized · past mismemorized

  1. To memorize inaccurately.

    The student might have mismemorized the steps of the algorithm.

    2013, Douglas K. Brumbaugh, Teaching Middle School Mathematics, page 306
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    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

    If one were to mismemorize the text, at most, they would be laughed at by others.

    2019, Qiu Hu, Feng Shui Master in Metropolis: Volume 5

Origin

From mis- + memorize.

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APA

mismemorize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismemorize

MLA

“mismemorize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismemorize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mismemorize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismemorize.

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