prefix occurring in a few words adopted from French meaning 'badly', 'wrongly', 'amiss', 'ill-', or having a negative force (misadventure; mischief). [OF mes- ult. f. L minus (see MINUS): assim. to MIS-(1)]
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Meaning of MIS- in English
English main colloquial, spoken dictionary. Английский основной разговорный словарь. 2012