Mis*luck" (?), n. Ill luck; misfortune.
Mis"ly (?), a. Raining in very small drops.
Mis*make" (ms*mk"), v. t. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
"Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." Mrs. Browning.
Mis*man"age (?), v. t. & i. To manage ill or improperly; as, to
mismanage public affairs.
Mis*man"age*ment (?), n. Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through
mismagement.
Mis*man"a*ger (?), n. One who manages ill.
Mis*mark" (?), v. t. To mark wrongly.
Mis*match" (?), v. t. To match unsuitably.
Mis*mate" (?), v. t. To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate
gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.
Mis*meas"ure (?; 135), v. t. To measure or estimate incorrectly.
Mis*meas"ure*ment, n. Wrong measurement.
Mis*me"ter (?), v. t. To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of
verse. [R.] Chaucer.
Mis*name" (?), v. t. To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or
inappropriate name to.
Mis*no"mer (?), n. [OF. pref. mes- amiss, wrong (L. minus less) + F.
nommer to name, L. nominare, fr. nomen name. See Name.] The misnaming
of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any
misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.
Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary
"reforms".
Burke.
The word "synonym" is fact a misnomer.
Whatel&?;.