miscalculation | (noun) a mistake in calculating | Synonyms: misestimation, misreckoning |
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miscarriage | (noun) a natural loss of the products of conception | Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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(noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: abortion |
miscegenation | (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, interbreeding |
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miscellanea | (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
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miscellany | (noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | Synonyms: florilegium, garland |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
mischance | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: misadventure, mishap |
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(noun) an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | Synonyms: bad luck, mishap |
mischief | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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(noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | Synonyms: balefulness, maleficence |
mischievousness | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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(noun) an attribute of mischievous children | Synonyms: badness, naughtiness |
(noun) the trait of behaving like an imp | Synonyms: impishness, puckishness, whimsicality |
misconception | (noun) an incorrect conception | - |
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misconduct | (noun) activity that transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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(noun) bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf | - |
misconstrual | (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstruction |
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misconstruction | (noun) an ungrammatical constituent | - |
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(noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstrual |
miscount | (noun) an inaccurate count | - |
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miscreant | (noun) a person without moral scruples | Synonyms: reprobate |
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miscreation | (noun) something abnormal or anomalous | Synonyms: malformation |
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miscue | (noun) a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball | - |
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(noun) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | Synonyms: parapraxis, slip-up, slip |