Mis- Definition

mis
prefix
Bad; badly; wrong; wrongly.
Misconduct.
American Heritage
Failure; lack.
Misfire.
American Heritage
Used as an intensive.
Misdoubt.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Management information system.
Webster's New World
Management information system(s)
Wiktionary
Medium invert sugar.
Wiktionary
Military Intelligence Service.
Wiktionary
Minimally invasive surgery.
Wiktionary
affix
Wrong, wrongly, bad, badly.
Misdo, misdemeanor.
Webster's New World
No, not.
Misfire.
Webster's New World

Miso-

Webster's New World

Origin of Mis-

  • Partly from Middle English mis- (from Old English) and partly from Middle English mes-, mis- (from Old French) mei-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ME < OE & OFr: OE mis-, akin to OHG missa-, Goth missa- (for IE base see miss); OFr mes- < Frank *missi-, akin to OHG missa-

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Mis- Sentence Examples

  • This is quite a mis take.

  • Many of the children mis behave, as they do not understand the program.

  • So it might not be only transparent gifs that could be (mis)used in this manner.

  • His analysis was predicated on the assumption that there are no indices for purely mis purposes.

  • Chaucer's House of Fame, iii., 1975, "Of good or misgovernement" which should be "mis (i.e., bad) governement"; Shelley's Prometheus, iii.

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Words Starting With M and Ending With -

Starts With M & Ends With SStarts With MI & Ends With SStarts With M & Ends With IS

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With M3 Letter Words Ending With S