mismemorize
verbEtymology From mis- + memorize.
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To memorize inaccurately.
- 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:
- The student might have mismemorized the steps of the algorithm.2013, Douglas K. Brumbaugh, Teaching Middle School Mathematics, page 306:
1 more example
- 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: