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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mis-,1 prefix. - mis- is attached to nouns, verbs, and adjectives and means:
- mistaken;
wrong;
wrongly;
incorrectly:mis- + trial → mistrial (= a trial conducted improperly);mis- + print → misprint (= something incorrectly printed);mis- + fire → misfire: (= fail to fire properly). - the opposite of:mis- + trust → mistrust (= the opposite of trust).
-mis-, root. - -mis- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "send.'' It is related to -mit-. This meaning is found in such words as: admission, commissar, commissary, commission, compromise, demise, dismiss, emissary, impermissible, intermission, missal, missile, mission, missionary, missive, omission, permission, permissive, promise, promissory, remiss, submission, submissive, surmise, transmission.
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