Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misabsorb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-ab-sorb
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To absorb wrongly.

Example Sentences

"Not surprisingly, some of the most influential of these interpreters—including Aiken, Van Wyck Brooks, Edmund Wilson, and Kenneth Burke—have operated outside the academy, for within that establishment Freud and his followers have frequently met the fate of other radical innovators: ignored or deplored by many, championed with narrow, even arrogant zeal by some, misabsorbed by nearly everyone after a while."
"A good majority of personality issues comes from aberrant experiences that are misabsorbed in one's psyche, leading to a lack of self-awareness and to self-doubt."
"Misabsorbed medicines from the upper GIT"

Etymology

From mis- + absorb.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misabsorbs (present, singular) misabsorbing (participle, present) misabsorbed (participle, past) misabsorbed (past)

Questions

What does misabsorb mean?: To absorb wrongly.
Where does misabsorb come from?: From mis- + absorb.

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