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

1. management information system.

2. multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

mis-

¹

prefix

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

   misunderstanding

   misfortune

   misspelling

   mistreat

   mislead

2. lack of; not

   mistrust

mis-

²

prefix

1. a variant of miso-

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

"We must fight mis- and disinformation, online harassment, and greenwashing," Guterres said at the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, insisting: "Scientists and researchers should never fear telling the truth."

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"We identified that we were not fully compliant with the MIS scheme," said Magnus Harrison, the trust's chief medical officer.

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“Let me give u a lil 411 s u won’t get mis guided with the internet,” he wrote, according to the complaint.

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The issues with Miss Gerra's technology equipment and on-campus support have been rectified and we will continue to engage with Mis Gerra to ensure she has everything she needs.

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That would be bad enough, but Zuckerberg’s announcement, clothed as it was in his entirely muddled musings about free speech, was an attempt to gaslight the public while opening the spigots for those who want to use social media to drown the modern world in a cesspool of mis- and disinformation.

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