The Prefix MISS.
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The prefix miss, is used before nouns and to show that something is bad or wrong.
or done badly or incorrectly.
If you have misfortune you have had bad luck.
noun).
To misbehave is to behave badly.
verb).
Nouns with the prefix MISS.
misadventure - death caused by rather than as a result of a crime.
Bruce Lee died in 1973 after painkillers for a headache.
His death was ruled a MISADVENTURE.
misapplication - the use of something the wrong purpose or in the wrong way.
The construction company is charged with MISAPPLICATION of payments after
using city money on private projects.
misbehavior - behavior that is considered and not acceptable to other people.
I don’t like to see parents discipline children for MISBEHAVIOR in public.
Please wait until you get home.
miscommunication - failure to make information or your ideas and
feelings clear to somebody, or to understand what somebody says to you.
Most of the couple’s problems stem from basic MISCOMMUNICATION of their feelings.
misconception - a belief or an idea that is not based on correct information,
or that is not understood by people.
Fortune cookies did not originate in although that is a common MISCONCEPTION.
They are actually from Japan.
misdirection - the act of giving wrong information in a film, story, magic act,
etc. to make people expect something that does not happen, so that they will
be surprised at what actually happens.
Close-up magicians must be masters of MISDIRECTION in
order to fool their audience.
Misdirection happens when a magician your attention away from the trick.
He moves his left hand hide his right hand.
mishap - a small accident or piece of bad luck that does not have
serious results *(hap is old English that means luck or fortune.).
There was a small MISHAP at school today the rugby game but everyone is okay.
misinformation - the act of giving wrong information about something;
the wrong information that is given.
It’s illegal to lie to a police or give them MISINFORMATION.
misprint - a mistake such as a spelling that is made when a book, etc. is printed.
The newspaper ad said the shoes cost but they’re actually only $120.
The ad is a MISPRINT.
mistake - an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result
that you did not want *(mistake comes from older languages to mean take in error.).
My computer found several MISTAKES in my essay.
VERBS with the prefix MISS.
misbehave - to behave badly.
In elementary school, I often MISBEHAVE in class.
I think this caused stress for my teachers.
miscalculate to estimate an amount, figure, a measurement, etc. wrongly.
The company MISCALCULATED my work last month and underpaid me.
miscount - to count something wrongly.
Election officials MISCOUNTED votes which affected the results.
misdeal - make a mistake when dealing cards.
Professional dealers in Las Vegas are taught to carefully distribute
the cards and never MISDEAL.
Misdealing makes players angry can cause trouble for the casinos.
misdiagnose - to give an explanation of the nature of an illness or
a problem that is not correct.
Evan was MISDIAGNOSED by the doctor and had spend an extra six weeks in the hospital.
misdial to call the phone number by mistake.
I wanted to order pizza but I MISDIALED the and accidentally called a local accountant.
mishear - to fail to hear correctly what somebody says, so that you
think they said something else.
I dont think Jim would say that.
You probably misheard him.
It was loud at the party.
misjudge - to form a wrong opinion about a person or situation,
especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly.
Spencer turned out to be a guy, I MISJUDGED him at first.
I’m glad I took the time get to know him better.
mislead - to give somebody the wrong idea or impression and make them
believe something that is not true.
Online scammers confuse and MISLEAD their victims into thinking that
there’s a problem with their computer.
This is part of their scam.
misidentify - to identify or someone) incorrectly.
The bone found in the forest was MISIDENTIFIED as human, but after DNA
tests we learned it was the bone of a deer.
misspell - to spell a word incorrectly.
My word processing software can me if I have misspelled a word.
An Adjective with the prefix MISS.
misleading - giving the wrong idea or impression and making you
believe something that is not true.
Most of the ads you see for getting six-pack show MISLEADING photos.
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