mis-

¹ 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- ² American  

1. variant of miso- before some vowels.

   misanthrope.

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MIS ³ American  

abbreviation

1. management information system.

2. multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

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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- ( miss ¹; ); often replacing Middle English mes- < Old French < West Germanic *mis ( s )-

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."

From Barron's

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

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From BBC

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.

From Salon