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  MIS

  abbreviation

  management information system.
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  mis-

  a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,” “wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating.

MIS

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. management information system.

2. multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

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mis- ² American  

1. a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,” “wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating.

   mistrial; misprint; mistrust.

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mis- ³ American  

1. variant of miso- before some vowels.

   misanthrope.

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mis- ¹ British  

prefix

1. wrong, bad, or erroneous; wrongly, badly, or erroneously

   misunderstanding

   misfortune

   misspelling

   mistreat

   mislead

2. lack of; not

   mistrust

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mis- ² British  

prefix

1. a variant of miso-

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Etymology

Origin of mis-

Middle English; Old English mis ( se )-; cognate with German miss-, Gothic missa- ( see miss ¹; ); often replacing Middle English mes- < Old French < West Germanic *mis ( s )-

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

MIS mis-

The launch of the MIS follows recommendations from the Strategic Defence Review, a major review of the armed forces that was published in June.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

They five had been inducted in January 1944 after the MIS, desperate to get more recruits, sent a team to Hawaii to find more linguists, historian Mark Matsunaga said.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

During the MIS 11 interglacial, Earth was warm and ice sheets were restricted to the high latitudes, a lot like today.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

“We do know that weeks after last winter’s surge, we saw a huge increase in MIS cases, so it remains prudent to do everything you can to avoid getting infected,” Ferrer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2022

Without the reliable operation of our MIS systems, our customers cannot be serviced and the company will suffer tremendous losses.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

"The primary, and perhaps only, practical use of this tool appears to be the creation and dissemination of mis- and disinformation."

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Washington’s work to counter mis- and disinformation must be as transparent as possible.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

My concern grows as we know that social media are “used extensively by youth around the world,” exposing them to mis- and disinformation on a daily basis.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023

These same audiences are constantly bombarded with mis- and disinformation, and with fake images, including those generated by AI.

From BBC ● May 21, 2023

Stones are just stones and rain is just rain and mis- fortune is just bad luck.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr