1. to pronounce or speak (words or sounds) indistinctly or incorrectly
Usage: transitive or intransitive
2. to connect or join (bones or parts) incorrectly or improperly
Usage: technical; anatomy

Examples

• The nervous speaker began to misarticulate her words during the presentation.
• He misarticulated the foreign name, causing the audience to chuckle.
• The patient's jaw was found to misarticulate due to the injury.
• When tired, she tends to misarticulate certain consonants.
• The dental work corrected the way his teeth misarticulated.
• Children sometimes misarticulate sounds as they learn to speak.