Word: misinvestment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mis
in
vest
ment
Definition: An incorrect or unwise investment.
Morphemes:
Affix: mis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Affix: invest
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make investments.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, on
Affix: vestio
Language: la
Decoded: vestio
Meaning: to clothe, dress
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.