Prefixes | mal/mis

Samson, the tiger, had the bad fortune of being captured.

• imfortune

• misfortune

He incorrectly judged his own strength.

• miscalculated

• imcalculated

He was led astray into thinking that he could run so fast he’d never get caught

• misled

• imled

However, because Samson’s front paw was out of shape, he could not move quickly

• malformed

• imformed

He made the wrong judgment of being overconfident.

• untake

• mistake

After his capture, the biologists noticed that Samson was thin and suffered from lack of food.

• unnutrition

• malnutrition

They took him to the zoo, where he would not be treated badly by people.

• mistreated

• imtreated

At the zoo, Samson adjusted so well to the other animals that no one could say he was badly adjusted.

• imadjusted

• maladjusted

People have become his friends, and Samson no longer doubts anyone.

• imtrusts

• mistrusts

Samson now gets plenty of food and is no longer suffering from lack of food.

• malnourished

• imnourished