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mis- [links] ⓘ One or more forum threads is an exact match of your searched term in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | English Usage | Conjugator | in context | images WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025mis-,1 prefix.
  1. mis- is attached to nouns, verbs, and adjectives and means:
    • mistaken; wrong; wrongly; incorrectly:mis- + trial → mistrial (= a trial conducted improperly);mis- + print → misprint (= something incorrectly printed);mis- + fire → misfire: (= fail to fire properly).
    • the opposite of:mis- + trust → mistrust (= the opposite of trust).
-mis-, root.
    1. -mis- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "send.'' It is related to -mit-. This meaning is found in such words as: admission, commissar, commissary, commission, compromise, demise, dismiss, emissary, impermissible, intermission, missal, missile, mission, missionary, missive, omission, permission, permissive, promise, promissory, remiss, submission, submissive, surmise, transmission.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mis- prefix
  1. wrong, bad, or erroneous; wrongly, badly, or erroneously: misunderstanding, misfortune, misspelling, mistreat, mislead
  2. lack of; not: mistrust
Etymology: Old English mis(se)-; related to Middle English mes-, from Old French mes-; compare Old High German missa-, Old Norse mis-mis- prefix
  1. a variant of miso-
 WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025MIS,
  1. Business, ComputingSee management information system.
mis-1 ,
  1. a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning "ill,'' "mistaken,'' "wrong,'' "wrongly,'' "incorrectly,'' or simply negating: mistrial; misprint; mistrust.
  • WGmc *mis(s)-
  • Old French
  • Middle English; Old English mis(se)-; cognate with German miss-, Gothic missa- (see miss1;); often replacing Middle English mes-
mis-2 ,
  1. var. of miso- before some vowels:misanthrope.
'mis-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): amiss - commis - gourami - mischief - miscreant - miso- - misprision - misprize - mis-sell - Sámi - swami - tsunami - air-launched cruise missile - Antiballistic Missile Treaty - antimissile - antimissile missile - ballet mistress - ballistic missile - Cheremis - elemi - fleet ballistic missile submarine - foreign mission - guided missile - guided missile cruiser - headmistress - home mission - inner mission - intercontinental ballistic missile - intermediate range ballistic missile - Komi - letter missive - malicious mischief - management information system - mésalliance - MIS - misaccused - misadapt - misadaptation - misaddress - misadjudicated - misadjust - misadjusted - misadjustment - misadministration - misadventure - misadvise - misaligned - misallegation - misallege - misalliance In Lists: English prefixes, more...

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