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Meaning of mis- | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

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

Bosanski pre-
Čeština dez- mis- pře-
Français mis-
Hrvatski pre-
Latina aliter
Српски pre-
Svenska miss-

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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See also

misery loves company misfortunes never come singly miso- misses and kisses mission accomplished misters before sisters

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