Misappropriate transitive verb To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

Misappropriation noun Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.

Misarcribe transitive verb To ascribe wrongly.

Misarrange transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Misarranged ; present participle & verbal noun Misarranging .] To place in a wrong order, or improper manner.

Misarrangement noun Wrong arrangement.

Misassay transitive verb To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. [ Obsolete] W. Browne.

Misassign transitive verb To assign wrongly.

Misattend transitive verb To misunderstand; to disregard. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Misaventure noun Misadventure. [ Obsolete]

Misavize transitive verb To misadvise. [ Obsolete]

Misbear transitive verb To carry improperly; to carry (one's self) wrongly; to misbehave. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Misbecome transitive verb Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to. Macaulay.

Thy father will not act what misbecomes him.

Addison.

Misbecoming adjective Unbecoming. Milton. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ly , adverb -- Mis`be*com"ing*ness , noun Boyle.

Misbede transitive verb [ imperfect Misbode ; past participle Misboden .] [ Anglo-Saxon mis-beôdan .] To wrong; to do injury to. [ Obsolete]

Who hath you misboden or offended?

Chaucer.

Misbefitting adjective Not befitting.

Misbegot, Misbegotten p. adjective Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious. "Valor misbegot ." Shak.

Misbehave transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Misbehaved ; present participle & verbal noun Misbehaving .] To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.

Misbehaved adjective Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude. "A misbehaved and sullen wench." Shak.

Misbehavior noun Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison.

Misbelief noun Erroneous or false belief.

Misbelieve intransitive verb To believe erroneously, or in a false religion. "That misbelieving Moor." Shak.

Misbeliever noun One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion. Shak.

Misbeseem transitive verb To suit ill.

Misbestow transitive verb To bestow improperly.

Misbestowal noun The act of misbestowing.

Misbileve noun Misbelief; unbelief; suspicion. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Misbode imperfect of Misbede .

Misboden past participle of Misbede .

Misborn adjective Born to misfortune. Spenser.

Miscalculate transitive verb & i. To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly. -- Mis*cal`cu*la"tion noun

Miscall transitive verb
1. To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.

2. To call by a bad name; to abuse. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Miscarriage noun
1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.

When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince.

Dryden.

2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. Rogers.

3. The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

Miscarriageable adjective Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [ R.] Bp. Hall.

Miscarry intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Miscarried ; present participle & verbal noun Miscarrying .]

1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

My ships have all miscarried .

Shak.

The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried .

Shak.

2. To bring forth young before the proper time.

Miscast transitive verb To cast or reckon wrongly.

Miscast noun An erroneous cast or reckoning.

Miscegenation noun [ Latin miscere to mix + the root of genus race.] A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.

Miscellanarian adjective [ See Miscellany .] Of or pertaining to miscellanies. Shaftesbury. -- noun A writer of miscellanies.

Miscellane noun [ See Miscellaneous , and confer Maslin .] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin . Bacon.

Miscellanea noun plural [ Latin See Miscellany .] A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

Miscellaneous adjective [ Latin miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, from miscellus mixed, from miscere to mix. See Mix , and confer Miscellany .] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly , adverb -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness , noun

Miscellanist noun A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.

Miscellany noun ; plural Miscellanies . [ Latin miscellanea , neut. plural of. miscellaneus : confer French miscellanée , plural miscellanées . See Miscellaneous .] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.

'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual.

Hewyt.

Miscellany madam , a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Miscellany (mĭs"sĕl*la*nȳ) adjective Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Miscensure transitive verb To misjudge. [ Obsolete] Daniel. -- noun Erroneous judgment. [ Obsolete] Sylvester.

Mischance noun [ Middle English meschance , Old French mescheance .] Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer.

Never come mischance between us twain.

Shak.

Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity .

Mischance intransitive verb To happen by mischance. Spenser.

Mischanceful adjective Unlucky. R. Browning.

Mischaracterize transitive verb To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to.

They totally mischaracterize the action.

Eton.

Mischarge transitive verb To charge erroneously, as in an account. -- noun A mistake in charging.