Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z misbeat A false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm. misbecome To be unsuitable for; not to befit. misbecoming unbecoming; unbefitting misbecomingly In a misbecoming manner. misbecomingness Quality of being misbecoming. misbefall Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person). misbefitting Not befitting; unfit or unsuitable misbeget To produce children from an illicit or inappropriate union, especially when such children suffer birth defects. misbegot Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin misbegotten Born out of wedlock; illegitimate. misbegun begun badly or incorrectly misbehave To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner. misbehaver One who misbehaves. misbehaving bad conduct or actions misbehavior Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected. misbehavioural Of, pertaining to, or causing misbehaviour. misbeholden Disobliging; offensive or unkind. misbelief an erroneous belief misbelieve To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief. misbeliever Someone who holds a bad or wrong belief; a heretic, an unbeliever. misbelieving The refusal to believe something; disbelief, or an instance of this. misbelievingly Synonym of disbelievingly. misbeseem To be unseemly on or from; to fail to suit. misbestow To bestow improperly. misbestowal The act of misbestowing. misbid To injure; mistreat. misbidding Incorrect bidding. misbill To bill incorrectly. misbind To bind incorrectly. misbirth A miscarriage; also, a miscarried foetus, a stillborn baby. misbisection Incorrect bisection (typically of chromosomes). misblame To blame wrongly; to blame one who is not guilty. misblend To blend incorrectly. misblow A blow that lands incorrectly. misboard To board incorrectly (the wrong vehicle). misbode To sense or foreshadow impending disaster. misboding Feeling a sense of impending disaster. misborn Born prematurely; abortive. misbox To put in the wrong box. misbrand To make a mistake in branding a product or service, as by poor association of the name in a significant group of potential customers. misbranded Of a product, containing incorrect information on the label that would tend to deceive consumers as to any aspect of the product. misbreathe To breathe wrongly, to breathe irregularly misbreed To breed with the wrong mate, resulting in inferior offspring. misbrew To brew incorrectly. misbrief To brief incorrectly; to supply with wrong preparatory information. misbudget To budget too much or too little. misbuild To build wrongly or badly. misbutton To button wrongly. misbuy To buy in error or regretfully. misbuying The act of buying or purchasing in error. miscalculate To calculate incorrectly. miscalculation An incorrect or mistaken calculation. miscalculator A person who miscalculates miscalendar To enter an appointment on the wrong date in a schedule. miscalibrate To calibrate poorly or wrongly. miscalibration An incorrect calibration. miscall To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse. miscaller One who calls something by the wrong name. miscancel To cancel by mistake. miscanthus Any of several perennial grasses, of genus Miscanthus, native to subtropical and tropical regions of Africa and southern Asia, varieties of which are cultivated as ornamental plants or are used in agriculture (as a source of biomass for the production of biofuel, as a livestock bedding material, and as a feedstock for bioplastics). miscapitalization Incorrect capitalization; an act of miscapitalizing. miscapitalize To capitalize incorrectly. miscaption An erroneous caption. miscaptioned Having an incorrect caption miscare Faulty or improper care. miscarriage A failure; a mistake or error. miscarry To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. miscarrying Something that has gone astray or been made wrongly. miscast To cast or reckon incorrectly. miscatalog catalog incorrectly. miscatch A catch in which the wrong type of fish is caught, and so must be released. miscategorization The act or process of miscategorizing. miscategorize To categorize incorrectly. Miscavige A surname from Polish. miscegen A mixed-race person. miscegenate To mix or blend. miscegenation The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage. miscegenational Relating to miscegenation. miscegenationist One who favours miscegenation. miscegenative Miscegenous. miscegenator Somebody who breeds with a person of another race. miscegenetic Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships). miscegenic Miscegenous. miscegenist One who favours miscegenation. miscegenistic Miscegenous. miscegenous Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships). miscegeny Miscegenation. miscellanarian A miscellanist. miscellane A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; maslin; meslin. miscellanea A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany. miscellaneity The quality of being miscellaneous. miscellaneous Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts. miscellaneously In a miscellaneous manner. miscellaneousness The quality of being miscellaneous. miscellaneum A miscellany. miscellanist Having the characteristics of a miscellany. miscellany An assortment of miscellaneous items. miscensure To misjudge. miscentering A mistaken centering miscertification Invalid certification. miscertify To certify something that does not meet the criteria for certification. mischallenge A false or misguided challenge. mischance Bad luck, misfortune. mischanceful unlucky mischancy unfortunate mischannel To channel badly or wrongly. mischaracterization The act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way. mischaracterize To characterize falsely or mistakenly. mischarge To charge wrongly. mischarging An instance of charging the wrong amount of money. mischeck To enter a check mark inaccurately. Mischel A surname from German. mischief Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance. mischiefful mischievous mischiefless Devoid of mischief. mischiefmaking Making mischief; naughty, prankish. mischieve To destroy. mischieving The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. mischievous Causing mischief; injurious. mischievously In a mischievous manner. mischievousness The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief. Mischii A commune of Dolj County, Romania. mischio A colorful variety of marble (metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone). Mischke A surname. Mischler A surname. mischling In certain (especially Nazi) racial theories, someone of mixed race; especially one who is partly of Jewish descent. mischmetal An alloy of rare earth elements containing about 50% cerium and 50% lanthanum, neodymium, and similar elements used especially as a flint in cigarette lighters mischoice A bad or incorrect choice. mischoose To choose incorrectly or badly; to make a wrong choice. mischristen To christen wrongly, for example giving the wrong name. mischunk To chunk incorrectly. miscibility The property of being able to be mixed. miscible Able to be mixed together in all proportions. miscibly In a miscible way. miscirculate To circulate badly, such as among the wrong people or not widely enough. miscirculation Bad or wrong circulation. miscitation incorrect citation miscite To cite erroneously. misclaim A mistaken claim. misclass To class incorrectly. misclassification The act or process of misclassifying. misclassifier One who or that which misclassifies. misclassify To classify incorrectly. misclean To clean improperly. miscleavage Faulty cleavage (of a protein etc) miscleave To cleave wrongly. miscleaved Wrongly cleaved misclick A click of a computer mouse that is inaccurate and therefore fails to perform the desired action. misclimb To make a mistake while climbing; to climb too far or in the wrong direction. misclock An error in the synchronization or coordination of the sequence or timing of actions by a device.