"mis-sing" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mis- + sing.",
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          "text": "The ragas are personified, like the devatā of a mantram; so that to mis-sing a rāga or rāginī is to break the limbs of a god or goddess.",
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          "text": "I watch and listen to children learning this little song, and through repeated observation of the videotapes and examination of the way the children sing or mis-sing the song, I plumb new depths of understanding music and learning.",
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          "text": "Still he apprehends that the song has been mis-sung or that he has been scolded for doing something which he did not do, and this apprehending must be classified as belonging to thinking.",
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          "text": "And remember this other immortal line of the same song you misheard—not to mention mis-sang? 'Olive, the other reindeer.'",
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          "text": "She found him a piano teacher so he could learn some of the songs in the music books – his missinging of the tunes was driving her crazy.",
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      "enpr": "mĭs-sĭngʹ"
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      "ipa": "/mɪsˈsɪŋ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
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