mis-

¹

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

   mistrial; misprint; mistrust.

mis-

²

1. variant of miso- before some vowels:

   misanthrope.

MIS

³

abbreviation for

1. management information system ( def ).
2. multisystem inflammatory syndrome ( def ).

mis-

¹

prefix

1. See miso-
   a variant of miso-

mis-

²

prefix

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

   misfortune

   misunderstanding

   mislead

   misspelling

   mistreat

2. lack of; not

   mistrust

Word History and Origins

Origin of mis-¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mis-¹

Old English mis ( se ) -; related to Middle English mes-, from Old French mes-; compare Old High German missa-, Old Norse mis-

Example Sentences

The act of erasure through mis- or under-representation is an insidious one.

From The Daily Beast

All you need to know is that Sesame Street made a Les Mis parody.

From The Daily Beast

His (mis)reading of the Megilla power dialectic meant tragedy for all.

From The Daily Beast

Alas, the hall is filled with people weeping over “Les Mis.”

From The Daily Beast

At that age, the sense of victimization is very strong, and “Les Mis” is all about victimization.

From The Daily Beast

Mis' Calvert, she saw you in a lane, or somethin', and fetched you back to that Baltimore city where the both of you lived.

From Project Gutenberg

Mis' Calvert, the old lady, she sent me to fetch this basket o' garden sass to Mis' Chester: an' this letter was for you, sir.

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Thus the highest court in New York declared that an unincorporated lodge, which had been mis-managed, was not a partnership.

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I want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry pie could be!

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Mis' Spencer, you set that cherry pie o' yourn on this particular spot an' figure of this table-cloth!

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