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mis- 1
pref.
1. Bad; badly; wrong; wrongly: misconduct.
2. Failure; lack: misfire.
3. Used as an intensive: misdoubt.
[Partly from Middle English mis- (from Old English) and partly from Middle English mes-, mis- (from Old French); see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
mis- 2
pref.
Variant of miso-.
mis-1
prefix
1. wrong, bad, or erroneous; wrongly, badly, or erroneously misunderstanding misfortune misspelling mistreat mislead
2. lack of; not mistrust
[Old English mis(se)-; related to Middle English mes-, from Old French mes-; compare Old High German missa-, Old Norse mis-]
mis-2
prefix
a variant of miso- before a vowel


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