English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 469 of 732

mislocalizationnoun

An incorrect or faulty localization.

mislocalizeverb

To localize incorrectly.

mislocateverb

To locate incorrectly.

mislocationnoun

misplacement

mislocutionnoun

incorrect locution

mislodgeverb

To lodge incorrectly, amiss, or in the wrong place.

mislodgedadj

Badly or incorrectly lodged; kept in an unsuitable place.

mislogverb

To log incorrectly; to record incorrect information in a log.

mislookverb

To sin by looking.

mislorenoun

Evil teaching or counsel; wrong or false teaching; misinformation.

misloveverb

To love wrongly, insufficiently, inadequately, or imperfectly.

mislovedadj

Filled with or indicative of with mislove.

mislubricateverb

To lubricate incorrectly.

mislucknoun

Ill luck; misfortune.

mislyadj

Alternative spelling of mizzly.

mismachineverb

To machine incorrectly; to fail to shape perfectly.

mismailverb

To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place.

mismaintainverb

To maintain improperly; to provide inadequate maintenance.

mismakeverb

To unmake; depose.

mismanageverb

To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest.

mismanageableadj

That can be mismanaged.

mismanagementnoun

The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.

mismanagernoun

One who mismanages.

mismanagingnoun

Synonym of mismanagement.

mismaneuververb

To maneuver in a way that has an unfortunate result.

mismaneuvreverb

Alternative form of mismaneuver.

mismangleverb

To mangle in a destructive way; to disfigure or rearrange with bad results.

mismanipulateverb

To manipulate badly; to operate in a way that does not achieve the intended result.

mismannedadj

Having inappropriate personnel; improperly manned.

mismanneredadj

Having bad manners; impolite.

mismannersnoun

bad manners

mismanoeuververb

Nonstandard form of mismaneuver.

mismanufactureverb

To manufacture improperly.

mismapverb

To map incorrectly.

mismarkverb

To mark incorrectly; err in noting or marking.

mismarketverb

To market ineffectively or inappropriately.

mismarkingnoun

An incorrect marking.

mismarriagenoun

Bad or unsuitable marriage.

mismarryverb

To get married to an unsuitable person.

mismatchverb

To match unsuitably; to fail to match

mismatchedadj

Unsuitably matched; ill joined.

mismatchednessnoun

The quality of being mismatched.

mismatchernoun

One who or that which mismatches.

mismatchingnoun

An incorrect match or pairing; a mismatch.

mismatchmentnoun

mismatching; a bad or unsuitable match

mismateverb

To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch.

mismeanverb

To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.

mismeasureverb

To measure incorrectly or inaccurately.

mismeasurementnoun

Incorrect or inaccurate measurement.

mismedicationnoun

Inappropriate use of medication, or use of a wrong medication.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 469. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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