Definition of "mis-" []

• Bad; badly; wrong; wrongly: misconduct. (prefix)
• Failure; lack: misfire. (prefix)
• Used as an intensive: misdoubt. (prefix)
• Variant of miso-. (prefix)

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• "He does not, however, represent recognizable Jewish thought or practice in his mis- representations of the Torah and other Jewish sancta -- or for that matter, New Testament and Christian biblical interpretation and theology."
• "And it was a message that was a heat-seeking mis- sile aimed at otherwise clear-thinking individuals who come from the most coddled, overprotected, information-drenched generation in American history."
• "The Monetary Authority of Singapore's rules serve "as a protection from hopefully mis- selling from the bankers to the clients.""