mis-

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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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