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mis-

mis-

1 4.8
A small word part placed before a word to show something is done wrongly
  • other
: mal-
  • The teacher explained that the student's poor performance was due to misinterpretation of the assignment.

And that is the fault of those themselves mis educated adults.

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Examples

  • And I'm not to think that it is a it is a mis allocation of responsibility.

  • I think it's actually all I've got and I've mis hired a ton.

  • And that is the fault of those themselves mis educated adults.

  • He said this mis education and economic castration.

  • And, you know, it's one of the things that's wild is so, you know, when when we covered the debate, we called out every mis fact that we could on the spot.

  • I think the mis the major misconception I find among western societies about Islam is identifying it too much with the Middle East of today.

  • It can be so easily mis misread or mistaken.

  • I think finance has a somewhat tarnished reputation, but I think that's really mis undeserved.

  • I'm stressing slightly if I have mis measured any of this and by measured I mean eyeball measured, I might have to start from scratch.

  • When we try to subdivide and say well this isn't narcissism, but instead we focus on mis assumptions like well this is a disease, it's not.

Synonyms

mal-
vsmis-
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A small part you add to a word to show something is bad or wrong

shows actions done wrongly or incorrectly rather than inherent badness

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Mis- is a prefix that means 'wrong' or 'badly', so it shows that something is done the wrong way. A helpful way to remember it is to think of mistake or misunderstand, where mis- tells you the action went wrong.