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maldigest

verb

Etymology

From mal- + digest.

  1. derived from dīgestus
  2. inherited from digesten
  3. prefixed as maldigest — “mal + digest”

Definitions

  1. To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA