📖 M — The English dictionary · page 35

mishap — Everyday, meaning 1: A mishap is a small accident or piece of bad luck that spoils a plan.↗ Example: The bus was late, which was a mishap for our trip.↗ · After a small mishap with the jug, the milk spilled everywhere.↗ · Allowing for mishaps, we will buy 12 eggs, not 10.↗ · Despite the mishap, the cake was still good.↗

misinformation — Everyday, meaning 1: Wrong or false information, often spread by mistake.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (often confused with disinformation) False information spread on purpose to trick people.↗ Example: Don't share posts until you check they aren't misinformation.↗ · There was lots of misinformation about the virus online.↗ · The teacher showed us how to spot misinformation.↗ · Misinformation can spread faster than the truth.↗ · A fact-checker said the story was misinformation.↗ · Bots spread misinformation during the election.↗

misinterpret — Everyday, meaning 1: To misinterpret is to understand someone's words or actions in the wrong way.↗ Example: Do not misinterpret my silence; I was only thinking.↗ · The cat misinterpreted the dog's wag as a threat.↗ · He misinterpreted the instructions and built the tent upside down.↗ · She misinterpreted the question and added instead of subtracting.↗

misjudge — Everyday, meaning 1: To misjudge something is to guess wrongly about it, like an amount, a distance or a time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To misjudge a person is to form a wrong or unfair opinion about them.↗ Example: I misjudged the jump and landed in the puddle.↗ · Drivers can misjudge how fast a bike is going.↗ · Never misjudge how deep the water is; check first.↗ · I misjudged her; she is actually very kind.↗ · He misjudged the time and missed the bus.↗ · The goalkeeper misjudged the ball.↗ · As long as I live I shall never forget the wrong I have done you in so misjudging you, and in causing your father to suspect you.↗

mislaid — Everyday, meaning 1: Mislaid means put something somewhere and then could not find it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Mislaid describes something lost for a while because it was put in the wrong place.↗ Example: I've mislaid my reading glasses again.↗ · She mislaid her homework and found it under the bed.↗ · Dad mislaid the car keys.↗ · The mislaid letter turned up a week later.↗ · (formal) It appears your form has been mislaid.↗ · Grandpa mislaid his phone in the garden.↗

mislead — Everyday, meaning 1: To make someone believe something that is not true, by telling them wrong or unclear things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To lead someone in the wrong direction or into doing something wrong.↗ Example: The advert misled people into thinking the toy could fly.↗ · Don't mislead your friends with made-up stories.↗ · The sign misled us, and we took the wrong road.↗ · A graph that does not start at zero can mislead you.↗ · He misled the teacher about his homework.↗ · Fake news is written to mislead people.↗

misleading — Everyday, meaning 1: Giving people a wrong idea, even if not every word is a lie.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb form) Leading someone the wrong way or making them believe something false.↗ Example: The advert was misleading because the toy was much smaller than in the picture.↗ · That graph is misleading: the bars start at 50, not at 0.↗ · It is misleading to say the test was easy when half the class failed.↗ · He gave the teacher a misleading answer about his homework.↗ · Some headlines online are misleading, so check the full story.↗ · The sign was misleading and sent us down the wrong path.↗ · You are misleading everyone by leaving out the cost of postage.↗ · Tzaddi is properly Tz ; but some write Z only, which is misleading because the Hebrew has also a true Z, Zain.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

mismatch — Everyday, meaning 1: A situation where two things do not fit together or do not match: «a mismatch between the picture and the words».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A contest where one side is much stronger than the other.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To put together things that do not match: «mismatched socks».↗ Example: There is a mismatch between your answer and the total – check your sums.↗ · I wore mismatched socks for Odd Socks Day.↗ · The game was a mismatch: 10–0!↗ · The colours were mismatched, a pink top with orange trousers.↗ · A size mismatch means the lid won't fit the box.↗ · The computer gave a «password mismatch» error.↗ · There was a mismatch between what he said and what he did.↗ · Mismatched shoes on the wrong feet made me trip.↗

misnomer — Everyday, meaning 1: A name or word that is wrong or misleading for the thing it describes.↗ Example: «Starfish» is a misnomer, because it is not a fish.↗ · Calling a koala a «bear» is a misnomer – it is a marsupial.↗ · «Lead pencil» is a misnomer: pencils contain graphite.↗ · The «Tasmanian tiger» was a misnomer: it was a marsupial, not a cat.↗ · Peanut is a misnomer; peanuts are legumes, like peas.↗ · «Guinea pig» is a misnomer – they are not pigs and not from Guinea.↗ · The «quiet carriage» was a misnomer that day.↗ · Our teacher loves finding misnomers in English.↗

misplaced — Everyday, meaning 1: Put somewhere and then not able to find it; lost for a while.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Put in the wrong place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Given to the wrong person or thing, or not deserved (misplaced trust, misplaced confidence).↗ Example: I've misplaced my reading book again.↗ · Mum misplaced her glasses — they were on her head!↗ · A misplaced decimal point turned 2.5 into 25.↗ · His trust in the stranger was misplaced.↗ · The misplaced comma made the sentence confusing.↗ · We found the misplaced key under the mat.↗

misprint — Everyday, meaning 1: A mistake in a printed text, such as a wrong letter, word or number.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To print something wrongly.↗ Example: There is a misprint on page 12: «teh» instead of «the».↗ · The price on the menu was a misprint.↗ · A misprint in the timetable made us miss the bus.↗ · The question had a misprint, so the teacher fixed it on the board.↗ · Some misprinted stamps are worth thousands of pounds.↗ · The book's first edition had lots of misprints.↗ · My name was misprinted on the certificate.↗ · Is that a misprint, or does the recipe really need 100 eggs?↗

mispronounce — Everyday, meaning 1: To say a word or a name in the wrong way, with the wrong sounds or the wrong stress.↗ Example: Please tell me if I mispronounce your name.↗ · Many people mispronounce «Wednesday».↗ · He mispronounced «epitome» because he had only read it.↗ · The newsreader mispronounced the name of the town.↗ · It's okay to mispronounce words while you are learning a language.↗ · My little brother mispronounces «spaghetti» as «pasghetti».↗ · The teacher apologised for mispronouncing my surname.↗ · Some words, like «colonel», are easy to mispronounce.↗

misquote — Everyday, meaning 1: To repeat someone's words wrongly, either by mistake or on purpose to change their meaning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A wrong quotation.↗ Example: The newspaper misquoted the head teacher.↗ · «Play it again, Sam» is a famous misquote from the film «Casablanca».↗ · Always check the original before you quote, so you don't misquote.↗ · The politician said he had been misquoted.↗ · She misquoted the poem, mixing up two lines.↗ · Misquoting someone can change what they meant.↗ · «Elementary, my dear Watson» is a misquote of the Holmes books.↗ · The film poster misquoted a review to make it sound better.↗

misread — Everyday, meaning 1: To misread means to read something wrongly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To misread a situation or a person means to understand them wrongly.↗ Example: I misread the question and got it wrong.↗ · He misread the clock and was late for school.↗ · Read carefully so you don't misread the instructions.↗ · She misread my silence as anger.↗ · I misread «7» as «1» in the sum.↗ · We misread the map and took the wrong path.↗ · Don't misread the label on medicine.↗ · The teacher thought I was rude, but she misread the situation.↗

misremember — Everyday, meaning 1: To misremember something is to remember it wrongly.↗ Example: I misremembered the date of the party and went on the wrong day.↗ · Witnesses often misremember small details.↗ · He misremembered the phone number by one digit.↗ · I may have misremembered her name; was it Ella or Emma?↗ · Grandpa misremembers where he puts his glasses.↗ · She misremembered the recipe and used salt instead of sugar.↗ · Ben misremembered 7 times 8 as 54; it is 56.↗ · Memories can change, so we sometimes misremember things.↗

misremembered — Everyday, meaning 1: (euphemism, official) gave a false account, said something untrue — often to avoid saying «lied».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (literal) remembered wrongly.↗ Example: The politician said he had misremembered the events.↗ · I misremembered the date of the test.↗ · News: The star says she misremembered the story.↗ · Chat: «misremembered» = lied↗ · Grandpa misremembered the name of the street.↗

misrepresent — Everyday, meaning 1: To misrepresent someone or something means to describe them in a false or unfair way, so others get the wrong idea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To misrepresent yourself means to pretend to be something you are not, such as lying about your age online.↗ Example: The advert misrepresented how big the toy was.↗ · Don't misrepresent what your friend said.↗ · The newspaper misrepresented the facts.↗ · People online sometimes misrepresent themselves.↗ · She felt misrepresented by the story about her.↗ · Leaving out the bad parts can misrepresent the truth.↗ · The graph misrepresented the numbers by starting at fifty.↗ · Checking sources helps us spot when news misrepresents events.↗

misrepresentation — Everyday, meaning 1: Giving a false or twisted picture of something, so people believe what is not true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, law) A false statement that tricks someone into a deal or a contract.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A drawing, chart or story that shows something wrongly.↗ Example: The advert was a misrepresentation; the toy was much smaller.↗ · Our teacher showed us a graph that was a misrepresentation of the data.↗ · Calling the match a disaster is a misrepresentation; we only lost by one goal.↗ · The company was fined for misrepresentation.↗ · That film is a misrepresentation of how Vikings lived.↗ · It is misrepresentation to say everyone agreed when only three did.↗

miss — Everyday, meaning 1: To miss is to fail to hit, catch or reach something: «I missed the ball».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To miss a bus, train or event is to be too late for it or not go.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To miss someone is to feel sad because they are not with you.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To miss something is to not see, hear or notice it.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A miss is a failed try.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Miss is a title for a girl or unmarried woman, and what children in the UK and Ireland call a female teacher.↗ Example: I missed the bus this morning.↗ · He kicked the ball but missed the goal.↗ · I miss my grandma who lives in Canada.↗ · Don't miss the fireworks at nine!↗ · You missed a word in that sentence.↗ · Find the missing number: 3 + ?↗ = 10.↗ · Please, Miss, can I go to the toilet?↗ · That was a near miss with the car.↗ · This is what "Miss Sally" heard:↗ · Broyde, Miss Henrietta S z o 1 d, Prof.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.↗ (Writings JOB.5.24, JPS 1917)↗ · All this people, even seven hundred chosen men, were left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.↗ (Prophets JDG.20.16, JPS 1917)↗ · If thy father miss me at all, then say: David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.↗ (Prophets 1SA.20.6, JPS 1917)↗

missed — Everyday, meaning 1: Missed means you did not hit or catch something.↗ e.g. He missed the ball.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Missed means you were too late for something.↗ e.g. I missed the bus.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Missed means you felt sad because someone or something was not there.↗ e.g. I missed my mum.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Missed means you did not see, hear or notice something, or you did not go to it.↗ e.g. I missed the start of the film.↗ Example: I missed the bus and walked to school.↗ · The ball missed the goal.↗ · I missed you when you were on holiday!↗ · She missed two days of school because she was ill.↗ · He missed the last question.↗ · You missed a spot when you were cleaning.↗ · The arrow just missed the target.↗ · I had a missed call from Dad.↗ · But the geese missed their master at once.↗ · And Jonathan said unto him: 'To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, thy seat will be empty.↗ (Prophets 1SA.20.18, JPS 1917)↗ · But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields; (Prophets 1SA.25.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good.↗ (Prophets 1SA.25.21, JPS 1917)↗

missile — Everyday, meaning 1: A weapon that flies through the air towards a target, often powered by a rocket and carrying explosives.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Any object that is thrown at someone or something, like a stone or a bottle.↗ Example: The army fired a missile at the enemy ship.↗ · The news showed missiles being launched.↗ · Throwing stones is dangerous; they become missiles.↗ · Fans threw missiles onto the pitch and the match stopped.↗ · A missile can travel hundreds of miles.↗ · The castle defenders threw missiles from the walls.↗ · Thinking it would make a fine missile, one of the boys took hold of it and threw it with all his strength at Pinocchio’s head.↗