ANGLO-SAXON PREFIX 2. MIS-: "bad," "badly," "wrong," "wrongly" misbelief = wrong or erroneous belief misdeed = bad act; wicked deed; crime misfire = (literally, "fire wrongly") to fail to be fired or exploded properly misgiving = uneasy feeling; feeling of doubt or suspicion; foreboding; lack of confidence mishap = bad happening; misfortune; unlucky accident; mischance mislay ..