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malcompensate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mal-com-pen-sate
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To compensate inappropriately

Etymology

From mal- + compensate.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

malcompensates (present, singular) malcompensating (participle, present) malcompensated (participle, past) malcompensated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

malcompensation

Questions

What does malcompensate mean?
To compensate inappropriately
Where does malcompensate come from?
From mal- + compensate.

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