mis- — etymological root (Old English) | The Missing Workbook

mis- Old English

# mis-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Old English
**Slug:** mis

## Words From This Root
- misuse - the wrong or improper use of something
- mishap - an unlucky accident, usually minor
- misdeed - a wicked or illegal act; a wrongdoing
- misdoing - a wrong or improper action; misconduct
- misinform - to give someone false or misleading information
- mistrust - lack of trust or confidence; to regard with suspicion
- miscarriage - the loss of a pregnancy; a failure or mismanagement of something
- misguide - to lead in the wrong direction; to mislead
- misshapen - badly or abnormally formed; deformed
- mistakable - liable to be misunderstood or confused with something else
- misadventurous - marked by misfortune or unlucky mishap
- misapprehension - a mistaken belief or misunderstanding
- misbelief - a wrong or false belief; a heretical opinion
- miscalculation - an error in reckoning, judgment, or estimation
- misconceive - to understand or interpret wrongly
- misdirection - the act of directing wrongly or diverting attention to deceive
- misfit - a person poorly suited to their environment or situation
- misfortunate - unlucky; afflicted by misfortune
- misfortuned - beset by misfortune; ill-fated
- misgiving - a feeling of doubt, apprehension, or distrust
- misidentify - to identify wrongly or incorrectly
- mislay - to put something in a place later forgotten; lose temporarily
- misperform - to perform incorrectly or fail to carry out properly
- mispersuade - to persuade by false or mistaken reasoning; lead astray
- mispronounce - to pronounce a word incorrectly
- misrepresent - to give a false or misleading account of something
- misshape - to give a wrong or deformed shape to something
- misstep - a clumsy or unwise action; a mistake

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Words from this root (28)

/mɪsˈjus/ the wrong or improper use of something M S

/ˈmɪsˌhæp/ an unlucky accident, usually minor M S

/ˌmɪsˈdid/ a wicked or illegal act; a wrongdoing M S

/ˌmɪsˈduɪŋ/ a wrong or improper action; misconduct M S

/ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔrm/ to give someone false or misleading information M S

/ˌmɪsˈtrʌst/ lack of trust or confidence; to regard with suspicion M S

miscarriage C2+

/ˈmɪsˌkɛrɪdʒ/ the loss of a pregnancy; a failure or mismanagement of something M S

/mɪsˈɡaɪd/ to lead in the wrong direction; to mislead M S

/mɪsˈʃeɪpən/ badly or abnormally formed; deformed M S

/mɪˈsteɪkəbəl/ liable to be misunderstood or confused with something else M S

misadventurous C2+

/ˌmɪsədˈvɛntʃərəs/ marked by misfortune or unlucky mishap M S

misapprehension C2+

/ˌmɪsˌæprɪˈhɛnʃən/ a mistaken belief or misunderstanding M S

/ˌmɪsbəˈlif/ a wrong or false belief; a heretical opinion M S

miscalculation C2+

/ˌmɪsˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/ an error in reckoning, judgment, or estimation M S

misconceive C2+

/ˌmɪskənˈsiv/ to understand or interpret wrongly M S

misdirection C2+

/ˌmɪsdəˈrɛkʃən/ the act of directing wrongly or diverting attention to deceive M S

/ˈmɪsˌfɪt/ a person poorly suited to their environment or situation M S

misfortunate C2+

/ˌmɪsˈfɔrtʃənət/ unlucky; afflicted by misfortune M S

misfortuned C2+

/ˌmɪsˈfɔrtʃənd/ beset by misfortune; ill-fated M S

/mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/ a feeling of doubt, apprehension, or distrust M S

misidentify C2+

/ˌmɪsaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/ to identify wrongly or incorrectly M S

/mɪsˈleɪ/ to put something in a place later forgotten; lose temporarily M S

/ˌmɪspərˈfɔrm/ to perform incorrectly or fail to carry out properly M S

mispersuade C2+

/ˌmɪspərˈsweɪd/ to persuade by false or mistaken reasoning; lead astray M S

mispronounce C2+

/ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/ to pronounce a word incorrectly M S

misrepresent C2+

/ˌmɪsˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/ to give a false or misleading account of something M S

/mɪsˈʃeɪp/ to give a wrong or deformed shape to something M S

/ˈmɪsˌstɛp/ a clumsy or unwise action; a mistake M S