mis-

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mis- - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mis \Mis\ (m[i^]s), a. & adv. [See Amiss.]
     Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] "To correcten that [which] is mis."
     --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

  Mis- \Mis-\ (m[i^]s-). [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS.
     mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. &
     Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the
     root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. m[imac]dan, AS.
     m[imac][eth]an ([root]100. Cf. Miss to fail of). In words
     from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. m['e]-, mes-, fr. L. minus
     less (see Minus). In present usage these two prefixes are
     commonly confounded.]
     A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of
     amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead,
     mischief, miscreant.
     [1913 Webster]

mis- - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  MIS
         Mega Iterations per Second
         

  MIS
         Management Information System
         

mis- - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  MIS. A syllable which prefixed to some word signifies some fault or defect; 
  as, misadventure, misprision, mistrial, and the like.