English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 462 of 732

misextrapolateverb

To extrapolate wrongly, not merely with reasonable hypotheses and projections that turn out to be incorrect but furthermore on the basis of preventably flawed assumptions.

misextrapolationnoun

The act or process of misextrapolating.

misfabricateverb

To fabricate incorrectly.

misfactnoun

A wrong or untrue piece of information.

misfactorverb

To err when determining the factors of.

misfaithnoun

Lack of faith; distrust.

misfallverb

To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.

misfareverb

To go astray; to transgress, to sin.

misfarmverb

To do a poor job of farming.

misfashionverb

To form, make, or fashion wrongly.

misfastenverb

To fasten incorrectly.

misfavorverb

To dislike or disapprove of; to view with displeasure or dislike.

misfavoredadj

Unfortunate or unpopular.

misfavourverb

Alternative form of misfavor.

misfavouredadj

Alternative form of misfavored.

misfeasancenoun

An actual or alleged wrong that arises from an action; often, the wrongful use of legal authority.

misfeaturenoun

An undesirable or incorrect feature.

misfeaturedadj

Having ugly or misshapen features.

misfeedverb

To feed incorrectly, as for example with the wrong foodstuff.

misfeelverb

To feel wrongly or incorrectly

misfeelingnoun

A bad, wrong, or negative feeling.

misfertilizeverb

To fertilize incorrectly, especially to use the wrong type of fertilizer.

misfetchnoun

An error that occurs when the wrong block of code is fetched in advance.

misfieldverb

To field (“catch or intercept and play”) (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run.

misfigureverb

To miscalculate; to make a computational error.

misfileverb

To file incorrectly; to file in the wrong place or the wrong way.

misfillverb

To supply the wrong thing in response to an order, prescription, or requirement.

misfilmverb

To make an error when microfilming documents.

misfilterverb

To filter incorrectly.

misfingerverb

To make a mistake in the finger positions when playing an instrument, resulting in a wrong note.

misfingeredadj

Having deformed or missing fingers.

misfirenoun

An act of misfiring.

misfirernoun

One who misfires.

misfiringnoun

The situation where something misfires.

misfitnoun

An ill-fitting garment.

misfitdomnoun

The realm or sphere of being a misfit.

misfixverb

To fix improperly.

misflavorverb

Alternative form of misflavour.

misflavourverb

To impair the flavour of.

misflipverb

To flip badly or in error.

misflungadj

Having been flung in error or ineptly.

misfocusverb

To focus badly or wrongly.

misfoldverb

To fold into an unusual or incorrect tertiary structure; misfolded proteins occur in various diseases, including amyloidoses and dementias, although the question of causation versus consequence is not yet definitively answered for dementias.

misfoldingnoun

An incorrect folding (especially of a protein).

misfoolverb

To fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken.

misforecastverb

To forecast incorrectly; to make an erroneous prediction.

misforgeverb

To forge improperly.

misforgiveverb

To misgive.

misformverb

To form badly or wrongly.

misformatverb

To format incorrectly.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 462. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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