Discover a variety of words that start with “mis” and learn about their meanings and usage in this insightful guide.
- Misalign- to position incorrectly relative to other things.
- Misapply- to use something in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.
- Misapprehend- to misunderstand the meaning of something.
- Misappropriate- to take something dishonestly for one’s own use.
- Misbegotten- having an erroneous origin; poorly conceived.
- Misbehave- to act out badly or in the wrong manner.
- Miscalculate- to make a mistake in understanding or estimating something.
- Miscarry- to go wrong or fail, particularly in the case of pregnancy.
- Miscast- to assign an unsuitable actor to a role.
- Misconceive- to misunderstand or interpret wrongly.
- Misconduct- improper behavior or the wrong handling of a situation.
- Misconstrue- to interpret something incorrectly.
- Misdemeanor- a minor wrongdoing.
- Miserable- very unhappy or uncomfortable.
- Miserly- not generous; stingy.
- Misfire- fail to discharge or go off correctly.
- Misfit- a person who is not suited or is poorly adapted to a situation or environment.
- Misfortune- bad luck or an unfortunate condition or event.
- Misgiving- a feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome.
- Misguide- to guide someone wrongly.
- Mishandle- to manage or deal with something in a clumsy or insensitive way.
- Mishap- an unlucky accident.
- Mishear- to hear something incorrectly.
- Mishit- to hit something inaccurately or wrongly.
- Misinform- to provide incorrect information.
- Misinterpret- to understand incorrectly.
- Misjudge- to form an incorrect opinion or conclusion about something.
- Mislay- to lose temporarily; misplace.
- Mislead- to lead or guide someone in the wrong direction.
- Mismanage- to manage something badly or wrongly.
- Mismatch- to match wrongly or unsuitably.
- Misname- to name or call something or someone incorrectly.
- Misplace- to put in the wrong place and lose temporarily.
- Misplay- to play (a game or a hand) badly or incorrectly.
- Misprint- an error in printing, such as a letter, word, or figure printed incorrectly.
- Mispronounce- to pronounce a word or a name incorrectly.
- Misquote- to quote (someone) inaccurately.
- Misread- to read something incorrectly.
- Misreckon- to calculate or reckon incorrectly.
- Misreport- to report something inaccurately.
- Misspell- to spell a word incorrectly.
- Misstep- a mistake in action, decision, or judgment.
- Mistake- an action or judgment that is misguided or incorrect.
- Misteach- to teach something incorrectly.
- Mistranslate- to translate something incorrectly.
- Mistrust- lack of trust or confidence.
- Misunderstand- to fail to understand correctly.
- Misuse- to use something in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.
- Misremember- to remember incorrectly.
- Miscount- to count something inaccurately.
- Misfire- to fail to explode or discharge, as in the failure of a gun to fire.
- Misfit- something that is poorly adapted or unsuitable.
- Misaddress- to address wrongly, especially a letter or parcel.
- Misaim- to aim incorrectly.
- Misadjust- to adjust wrongly or unsuitably.
- Misadvise- to advise wrongly.
- Misalign- to align incorrectly.
- Misallocate- to allocate wrongly or unfairly.
- Misally- to ally wrongly or unsuitably.
- Misassess- to assess or evaluate something incorrectly.
- Misassign- to assign someone or something incorrectly.
- Misattribute- to attribute something to the wrong source.
- Misbecome- to be unsuitable or unbecoming.
- Misbelieve- to hold an erroneous belief.
- Misbrand- to brand or label something inaccurately.
- Misbuild- to build something incorrectly.
- Misbutton- to button something incorrectly.
- Miscalibrate- to calibrate something incorrectly.
- Miscarry- to fail to achieve the intended outcome.
- Mischannel- to channel something inappropriately.
- Mischarge- to charge wrongly, especially in billing.
- Misclassify- to classify incorrectly.
- Miscolor- to color something wrongly.
- Miscommand- to command or direct improperly.
- Miscommunicate- to communicate unclearly or misleadingly.
- Miscompute- to compute or calculate wrongly.
- Misconjecture- to conjecture or guess wrongly.
- Misconnect- to connect wrongly or unsuitably.
- Misconstruct- to construct poorly or incorrectly.
- Miscontribute- to contribute inappropriately or wrongly.
- Miscontrol- to control poorly or inadequately.
- Miscopy- to copy something inaccurately.
- Miscook- to cook improperly or badly.
- Miscorrelate- to correlate wrongly or inaccurately.
- Miscounsel- to counsel or advise wrongly.
- Miscue- a mistake made during a performance or activity.
- Misdate- to date something incorrectly.
- Misdeal- to deal or distribute something unfairly or inaccurately.
- Misdeem- to judge or think wrongly.
- Misdeliver- to deliver something to the wrong address or recipient.
- Misdial- to dial a wrong number.
- Misdirect- to direct someone to the wrong place or assign wrong directions.
- Misdo- to do something wrongly.
- Misdraw- to draw or depict wrongly.
- Misdrive- to drive incorrectly or irresponsibly.
- Misease- a condition of discomfort or disease.
- Misemphasize- to emphasize something incorrectly.
- Misemploy- to employ wrongly or for unsuitable tasks.
- Misestimate- to estimate incorrectly.
- Misexplain- to explain something in a misleading or incorrect way.