misarticulate
verb
mis·ar·tic·u·late
ˌmis-är-ˈti-kyə-ˌlāt 
misarticulated; misarticulating
1
transitive
: to utter indistinctly or incorrectly
… fricatives are frequently misarticulated as plosives by young children, and vice versa.—
Andrew Radford
Andrew Radford2
intransitive
: to utter speech sounds indistinctly or incorrectly
Most children who misarticulate are normal neurologically and structurally.—Linda Pratt
Linda Pratt
misarticulation
noun
plural misarticulations
It is not so much an abnormal anatomical structure which is the cause of misarticulation …
—David Crystal and Rosemary Varley
David Crystal and Rosemary Varley
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“Misarticulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misarticulate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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