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Mis-
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] "To correcten that [which] is mis." Chaucer.