MIS- | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of mis- in English mis-prefix uk /mɪs-/ us /mɪs-/ Add to word list Add to word list added to the beginning of a verb or word formed from a verb, to show that the action referred to by the verb has been done wrongly or badly: I never said that! You must have misheard me. His misbehaviour eventually led to him being expelled from school. Wrong

• aberrant
• aberrantly
• abnormal
• amiss
• anomalous
• false
• false impression
• false negative
• false positive
• falsely
• iniquitously
• iniquity
• invalidly
• irregularly
• liberal
• what's up? phrase
• wrongheaded
• wrongheadedly
• wrongly
• X, x

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MIS | Business English

MISnoun uk us Add to word list Add to word list IT, MANAGEMENT →  management information system IT, PRODUCTION →  manufacturing information system (Definition of mis- from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of mis-, MIS?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （用於動詞前，或由動詞衍生出來的詞前）錯誤地，不良地… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （用于动词，或由动词衍生出来的词前）错误地，不良地… See more in Spanish mal–, mal/mala, erróneamente… See more in Portuguese mal-, des-… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian olumsuzluk/kötü/uygun değil anlamında ön ek, “kötü”, “kötüce” anlamlarına gelen ön ek… See more mal-, mal …, non-… See more mis-, wan-… See more špatný, špatně, ne-… See more mis-… See more awalan mis-, buruk, salah… See more ไม่ดี, ผิด, ไม่… See more tiếp đầu ngữ “xấu”, tiếp đầu ngữ “sai”, tiếp đầu ngữ “ngược lại với”… See more nie-, źle, przedrostek oznaczający przeciwieństwo… See more fel, miss… See more menyalah, salah, ketidak… See more schlecht, Miss-, miss-… See more mis-… See more значення негативної оцінки, значення помилковості, значення антонімічності… See more Need a translator?

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• miscite
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• misfile
• miskick
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