miscompensate
English
verb
Definitions
- To err when attempting to adapt to a condition.
- To provide the wrong amount of payment as compensation.
Etymology
Prefix from English compensate.
Origin
English
compensate
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compensatable English
- compensate English
- compensatest English
- compensateth English
- compensator English
- compensatory English
- decompensate English
- malcompensate English
- overcompensate English
- precompensate English
- recompensate English
- undercompensate English
- compensatus Latin