Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maldigest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maldigest
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.

Example Sentences

"I wouldn't want my sister to marry a Communist, and force me to maldigest my Sunday morning bagel arguing dialectics with a sectarian brother-in-law."
"Healthy humans may maldigest or malabsorb carbohydrates."
"In the United States, nearly 100 percent of Asian Americans and Native Americans maldigest lactose because their amount of lactase activity is very low."

Etymology

From mal- + digest.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mal

Inflected Forms

maldigests (present, singular) maldigesting (participle, present) maldigested (participle, past) maldigested (past)

Frequently Paired Words

maldigestion

Questions

What does maldigest mean?: To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.
Where does maldigest come from?: From mal- + digest.

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