Phrase Hound found 56 phrases and 2,497+ compound words that contain mis. The most common are listed below. Open mis in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 56
- Les MisThe story Les Misérables or particularly its musical adaptation.
- mis-soldsimple past and past participle of mis-sell
- mis-hireAlternative form of mishire: To hire an unsuitable person for a job.
- mis-swingTo swing incorrectly.
- mis litSynonym of misery lit: A genre of supposedly biographical literature mostly concerned with the protagonist's triumph over personal trauma or abuse.
- MIS-CInitialism of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
- mis-singTo sing incorrectly.
- mis-stepAlternative form of misstep: A step that is wrong, a false step.
- mis-theorizeAlternative form of mistheorize: To theorize incorrectly.
- mis-theoriseAlternative form of mistheorize: To theorize incorrectly.
- mis-hitAlternative form of mishit: An incorrect or bad hit.
- mis-passAlternative form of mispass: A bad or wrong pass of the ball.
- mis-sellTo sell misleadingly, fraudulently, or in violation of laws or regulations.
- mis-spellAlternative form of misspell: To spell incorrectly.
- mis-shuntAn incorrectly made shunting operation, possibly causing a mishap.
- mis-associationAlternative form of misassociation: A false, misleading, or incorrect association.
- mis-associationsplural of mis-association: A false, misleading, or incorrect association.
- mis-dealerAlternative form of misdealer: One who misdeals.
- mis-dealersplural of mis-dealer: One who misdeals.
- mis-hiredsimple past and past participle of mis-hire
- mis-hiringpresent participle and gerund of mis-hire
- mis-hitsthird-person singular simple present indicative of mis-hit: An incorrect or bad hit.
- mis-hittingpresent participle and gerund of mis-hit
- mis-singingpresent participle and gerund of mis-sing
- mis-spellingAlternative form of misspelling: Incorrect spelling.
Compound words 2,497+
- mistakeTo understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
- misuseAn incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
- misconductBehavior that is considered to be unacceptable.
- mismatchTo match unsuitably; to fail to match
- misrepresentationErroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
- misinformationInformation that is incorrect, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
- mistrustLack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.
- mishapAn accident, mistake, or problem.
- misunderstandTo understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
- misspellingIncorrect spelling.