Which is correct — missuse or misuse? - Writing for Business
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Which is correct — missuse or misuse?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, misuse or missuse, spelling, commonly misspelled words, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
Privacy watchdog organizations are concerned about the potential ______ of information when data is shared among organizations.
a. misuse
b. missuse

Answer: a.

When miss is added as a prefix (meaning “wrongly”), drop the second s. Here’s a list of words using the miss prefix.

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