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mis-

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
  2. Incorrect; incorrectly.
  3. Failed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something).
  4. Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
  5. False, falsely.

Equivalents

Françaismis-
6 more languages
Bosanskipre-
Češtinadez-mis-pře-
Hrvatskipre-
Latinaaliter
Српскиpre-
Svenskamiss-

Examples

misbehaviour; misspelling; to misbehave
misidentification; to misidentify
miscarriage (failed carriage of a pregnancy to term), to miscarry, to misacknowledge
Yes, I did "Buy now", but it was a misclick.”
“I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!”
misaccusation, to misaccuse

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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