See mis- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "bad or wrong; badly or wrongly",
"word": "mys-"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bad or wrong; badly or wrongly",
"word": "mal-"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bad or wrong; badly or wrongly",
"word": "miss-"
}
],
"word": "mis-"
}
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