These people felt America's natural resources were being mis-used.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

"Actually my first name is Charles. When I was in the military they would always assume that somebody had mis-keyed the M versus the F and would house me with a male roommate or such."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

He described as mis-guided the notion that emergency relief would discourage people from looking for jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

An epidemic of mis-selling may have spawned an epidemic of mis-claiming.

BBC: Lloyds shows cost of alienating customers

Separately, RBS is having to pay compensation for two mis-selling scandals: mis-selling payment protection insurance, and mis-selling specialist insurance called interest rate swaps to small businesses.

BBC: RBS boss admits banks became 'detached from society'

One disadvantage to instant communication is that the ease of communicating can sometimes result in mis-communicating.

FORBES: The CEO of Boloco's Social Media Strategy