What's the difference between mis and mischievous?

Mis


Definition:

  • (a. & adv.) Wrong; amiss.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Confirming a low proliferative activity in CN and a high activity in melanomas (MIS, IM, MM), the results showed that dysplastic nevi (NAA, NCAA) had a proliferative activity intermediate between common nevi and melanomas.
  • (2) The group set aside £3.2bn to cover PPI mis-selling in 2011.
  • (3) Corbyn to complain to MoD about army chief's ‘political interference’ Read more Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn’s political mis-steps over the past 10 days have allowed his views to be dismissed as flaky and irresponsible – even where he is right, as in his warnings about kneejerk responses to terrorist attacks and, indeed, in his Armistice Day strictures about the requirement for the top brass to stay out of politics .
  • (4) More information is needed on mitotic time (TM) and apoptotic time (TA), in order to estimate cell doubling time from data on MIs and PIs.
  • (5) More here: UK regulator urges banks to speed up swaps mis-selling compensation 8.40am GMT More reaction to the decision to send riot police to evict people from the offices of Greece's former state broadcaster this morning , starting with journalist Nick Malkoutzis: Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) 5 mths after flicking switch on public broadcaster ERT, gov't tries to settle issue by sending riot police to remove remaining staff #Greece November 7, 2013 Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) While #ERT will be off air for good after police intervention, the stain of how its closure has been handled won't wash away easily #Greece November 7, 2013 Lady Mondegreen (@amaenad) Like a mean stupid dog appeasing a cruel master, the Greek government wants to lay ERT's limp body at the troika's feet.
  • (6) There was a significant reduction of the mean MIS level in children with bilateral cryptorchidism compared with those with unilateral undescended testis (P less than .05).
  • (7) Hyperthermia combined with MIS and MMC enhanced the antitumor effects, as compared to hyperthermia with MMC, and with MMC plus MTR.
  • (8) A few ovotestes with intermediate levels of MIS activity had both an oviduct and an epididymis.
  • (9) The acute tolerability of rapid infusions of bidisomide or disopyramide was evaluated in normal conscious dogs and in conscious dogs 48 h after the creation of myocardial infarctions (MIs).
  • (10) There were 4 perioperative MIs (13%) and no deaths.
  • (11) Scandals such as the payment protection insurance mis-selling and the subprime mortgages in the US continue to weigh on the sector.
  • (12) It said departments and regulators had been “far too passive” in allowing compensation that could have been paid to mis-selling victims instead of claims managers.
  • (13) Furthermore, unlabeled anti-idiotypic MIS antibody competed for 125I rhMIS binding to A-431 vulvar carcinoma membranes.
  • (14) We conclude that, in general, analysing blastomeres is subject to less mis-diagnosis than polar body analysis, except in the case of dominant diseases which are caused by genes which lie extremely close to the centromere.
  • (15) Male fetuses are exposed to higher levels of androgens and Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS).
  • (16) Asked about such mis-steps, Frieden said: “Ebola is scary.
  • (17) "We are now working hard to compensate customers who were mis-sold these products in the past.
  • (18) In contrast LH treatment produced no difference in either messenger RNA expression or immunohistochemical staining for MIS.
  • (19) Don't ignore the letter; your bank has written to you because it believes it may have mis-sold you PPI and this is your chance to respond and get a refund of your premiums.
  • (20) The report said: “In many cases, these companies merely package up payment protection insurance claims, but they typically charge between a quarter and a third of any compensation subsequently paid … the public bodies involved have been too slow in taking responsibility for this situation, and too passive in allowing it to happen.” The committee said firms’ cultures and the nature of their sales incentives have been key factors behind mis-selling.

Mischievous


Definition:

  • (a.) Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The appearance of a band with lean, spiky songs, high cheekbones and excellent trousers was therefore the cause of considerable excitement, to which they mischievously alluded in the title of their debut album, Is This It.
  • (2) In response, the ANC secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, said the critics were "mischievous" and the party should be allowed to run its own affairs.
  • (3) You don't have to be against the minority of SAHMBY (stay-at-home mothers by choice) to consider their involvement in this debate a complete, and sometimes mischievous, distraction.
  • (4) It hasn’t helped that one mischievous customer appears to have added a crease to the carton on the right to make it look even more like a penis.
  • (5) "I want to reassure my friend Eduardo that there is no chance of me hanging on to the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony", joked Johnson, before adding mischievously "As protocol demands I will be handing it over to Eduardo — probably."
  • (6) Three seasons in the media spotlight in Madrid have clearly done him no harm, and when a potentially mischievous question comes along about England temporarily transferring their support to Wales he defuses it politely and diplomatically.
  • (7) Moir, who has won a British Press Award, made a statement defending her column late on Friday, saying it was not her intention to offend, blaming a "heavily orchestrated internet campaign" for the furore and adding that it was "mischievous in the extreme to suggest that my article has homophobic and bigoted undertones".
  • (8) The final seconds of the movie are the most memorable, in which Smokey assures Big Worm he’s going to rehab, before hanging up the phone and lighting a joint with a mischievous grin to the camera.
  • (9) These fairies have sharp, mischievous features, quite different from the later fairies of Bethlem.
  • (10) Prime ministers are very useful to a treasurer,” Keating said mischievously, and Hawke and I had a great relationship until he “produced a nasty little book”.
  • (11) The first point to note is that Sally's spirit guides were in a particularly mischievous mood during the reading, because they persuaded Sally to make statements such as: Sally: Is there the name Robyn?
  • (12) What is not so well known is his mischievous streak.
  • (13) The moderator of the conference demanded that Aydin switch to Turkish; a fellow Kurd came mischievously onto the platform to translate.
  • (14) Richard E Grant and Anna Chancellor join the cast, with Grant playing a guest of the Granthams and Chancellor the mischievous Lady Anstruther.
  • (15) At the time, a friend of Rennard told the BBC the "shocking and mischievous" leak was "in total defiance of fair process" and had caused great distress to the peer.
  • (16) Outside of the octagon, Bisping possesses the demeanour of an oversized Ricky Hatton - all mischievous grins, wisecracks and gentle ribbing of his sparring partners.
  • (17) Updated at 10.58am BST 10.55am BST Is the chancellor being too dramatic by declaring this morning that NO Help To Buy mortgages can be granted at more than 4.5 times the borrowers' income, asks a mischievous Robert Peston.
  • (18) He bubbles with mischievous excitement, recounting the range of thugs, creeps and gorgeous males who fell under his spell ("It was like a conduit had opened").
  • (19) Raphael wrote: “We believe our audience is sophisticated enough to accept a broad range of viewpoints, and we are loth to censor or avoid significant works of literature because they might be controversial.” BBC Radio 4 Publicity said online: “In Hilary Mantel’s mischievous story, a knock at the door announces an unexpected visitor who has plans to alter the course of history as people know it.
  • (20) For his part, Mr Taleb may have felt mischievously reported.

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