List of words with mis-

No.WordMeaning
1MisbehaveTo act badly or improperly
2MisunderstandTo understand wrongly
3MisplaceTo put something in the wrong place
4MisleadTo guide someone in the wrong direction
5MisuseTo use something the wrong way
6MisprintA printing error
7MisjudgeTo judge wrongly
8MishearTo hear incorrectly
9MisreadTo read wrongly or incorrectly
10MiswriteTo write something wrongly
11MistreatTo treat someone or something badly
12MisfireTo fail to work properly
13MisfitSomething or someone that doesn’t fit
14MiscalculateTo calculate wrongly
15MisconductBad behavior
16MisinterpretTo explain or understand wrongly
17MisquoteTo quote incorrectly
18MisspellTo spell a word incorrectly
19MistrustTo not trust someone
20MiscarryTo fail to carry something correctly
21MiscountTo count wrongly
22MisuseTo use something in a bad way
23MisapplyTo apply something incorrectly
24MisidentifyTo identify wrongly
25MisconnectTo connect wrongly
26MismanageTo handle something poorly
27MismatchThings that do not go together
28MisrememberTo remember incorrectly
29MisrepresentTo give a false idea of something
30MisdirectTo guide in the wrong direction
31MisalignTo not line up properly
32MisbehavingActing badly
33MiscommunicationPoor communication
34MisdeedA bad or wrong action
35MisfortuneBad luck
36MisgivingA feeling that something is wrong
37MisstepA wrong step or action
38MisestimateTo guess wrongly
39MisinformTo give wrong information
40MisperceiveTo see or understand wrongly
41MisreportTo report something wrongly
42MistranslateTo translate incorrectly
43MisvalueTo place wrong value on something
44MisstateTo say something wrongly
45MisplanTo make bad plans
46MisreadingsIncorrect readings
47MisdoingA wrong action
48MisfireFail to work as expected (repeated)
49MisfunctionNot function properly
50MisreckonTo calculate or estimate wrongly
51MisactTo act in the wrong way
52MisadjustTo adjust wrongly
53MisapproveTo not approve
54MisarrangeTo arrange badly or wrongly
55MisbecomingNot suitable or appropriate
56MisbelieveTo believe wrongly
57MiscarryTo fail in doing something
58MischooseTo choose wrongly
59MiscallTo call by the wrong name
60MisclassifyTo put into the wrong group
61MiscodeTo write code incorrectly
62MiscombineTo mix badly or wrongly
63MisconcludeTo come to a wrong conclusion
64MisconnectTo connect in the wrong way
65MisdealTo deal (cards or actions) wrongly
66MisemployTo use wrongly
67MisfeatureA bad feature
68MisfitSomeone who does not belong
69MisfunctioningNot working properly
70MisgaugeTo measure wrongly
71MisguideTo lead the wrong way
72MishandleTo handle badly
73MishearingsTimes of hearing wrongly
74MisinferTo guess wrongly
75MisjudgeTo form the wrong opinion
76MislabeledLabeled wrongly
77MislearnTo learn something the wrong way
78MisliveTo live wrongly
79MislocateTo place in the wrong spot
80MismanageTo run something badly
81MisnameTo give the wrong name
82MisnumberTo number wrongly
83MisorderTo put in the wrong order
84MisperceiveTo see wrongly
85MisplaceTo put in the wrong spot
86MispositionTo position wrongly
87MisprocessTo deal with wrongly
88MispronounceTo say a word wrongly
89MisquoteTo repeat someone’s words wrongly
90MisrecallTo remember wrongly
91MisrecordTo record wrongly
92MisrelateTo tell wrongly
93MisreportingGiving wrong information
94MisruleTo govern badly
95MisshapeTo shape badly
96MisspeakTo say something wrong
97MisstateTo make a wrong statement
98MistypeTo type something wrongly
99MisuseTo use incorrectly (repeated)
100MisvalueTo give the wrong value

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