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misappropriate
misbegotten
misbehave
misbehavior
misbehaviour
misbelief
misbelieve
misbrand
misc.
miscalculate
miscall
miscarriage
miscarriage of justice
miscarry
miscast
miscegenation
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mis-
mis-


prefix 
Definition:
 
1. badly, wrongly
mishandle
2. bad, wrong
misdeed
3. opposite, lack, failure
mislike
[Partly Old English, and partly via Old French mes-< Germanic, "go wrong"]
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