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mis·fea·sance noun : the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner

mis·file verb : to file in the wrong place

mis·fire verb 1 : to fail to fire

2 : to miss an intended effect

— misfire noun

mis·fit noun 1 : something that fits badly

2 : a person who is poorly adjusted to a situation or environment

mis·for·tune noun 1 : bad luck

2 : an unfortunate condition or event

Synonyms

[1, 2] adversity, knock, misadventure, mischance, mishap; also calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster; tragedy; affliction, hardship, trial, tribulation; distress, misery, suffering, unhappiness; defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess; curse, sorrow, trouble; accident, casualty; disappointment, letdown, setback; circumstance, destiny, doom, fate, lot, portion

Antonyms

fortune, luck

mis·giv·ing noun : a feeling of doubt or suspicion esp. concerning an action or future event

Synonyms

distrust, doubt, incertitude, mistrust, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty—more at DOUBT

compunction, qualm, scruple—more at QUALM

alarm, apprehension, dread, foreboding

mis·gov·ern verb : to govern badly

— mis·gov·ern·ment noun

Synonyms

misconduct, mishandle, mismanage, misrule—more at MISMANAGE

mis·guid·ance noun : faulty guidance

mis·guide verb : to lead astray

mis·guid·ed adjective : led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals

— mis·guid·ed·ly adverb

mis·han·dle verb 1 : to treat roughly : MALTREAT

2 : to manage wrongly

Synonyms

[1] abuse, ill-treat, maltreat, manhandle, mistreat, misuse—more at ABUSE

[2] misconduct, misgovern, mismanage, misrule—more at MISMANAGE

mis·hap noun : an unfortunate accident

Synonyms

accident, casualty, mischance—more at ACCIDENT

adversity, knock, misadventure, mischance, misfortune—more at MISFORTUNE

mish·mash noun : a mass of things mingled together : HODGEPODGE, JUMBLE

mis·in·form verb : to give false or misleading information to

— mis·in·for·ma·tion noun

Synonyms

beguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, string along, take in, trick—more at DECEIVE

mis·in·ter·pret verb : to understand or explain wrongly

Synonyms

color, distort, falsify, garble, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp—more at GARBLE

misapprehend, misconstrue, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand—more at MISUNDERSTAND

mis·in·ter·pre·ta·tion noun : incorrect interpretation

Synonyms

misapprehension, misconstruction, misunderstanding—more at MISUNDERSTANDING

mis·judge verb 1 : to estimate wrongly

2 : to have an unjust opinion of

Synonyms

miscalculate, misconceive, mistake—more at MISCALCULATE

mis·judg·ment noun : incorrect or distorted judgment

Synonyms

misapprehension, mistake, misunderstanding—more at MISTAKE

mis·la·bel verb : to label incorrectly or falsely

mis·lay verb -laid ; -lay·ing : MISPLACE, LOSE

mis·lead verb -led ; -lead·ing : to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief

— mis·lead·ing·ly adverb

Synonyms

beguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misinform, string along, take in, trick—more at DECEIVE

misleading adjective : tending to mislead : DECEIVING

Synonyms

deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, fallacious, false, specious—more at DECEPTIVE

mis·like verb : DISLIKE

— mis·like noun

mis·man·age verb : to manage wrongly or incompetently

— mis·man·age·ment noun

Synonyms

misconduct, misgovern, mishandle, misrule; also abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, misuse; damage, harm, hurt, violate

mis·match verb : to match unsuitably or badly

— mis·match noun

mis·name verb : to name incorrectly : MISCALL

mis·no·mer noun : a wrong or inappropriate name or designation

mi·so noun : a high-protein fermented food paste consisting chiefly of soybeans, salt, and usu. grain

mi·sog·y·ny noun [ORIGIN: Gk misogynia, fr. misein to hate + gynē woman]

: a hatred of women

— mi·sog·y·nist noun or adjective