Old Frisian missa, Middle Dutch, Dutch missen, German missen to miss, fail), from *missa- in a changed manner, hence abnormally, wrongly, from PIE root *mei- to change (root of mis- (1); see mutable). Related: Missed; missing. Meaning to fail to get what one wanted is from mid-13c.
A leading lifestyles blog has compiled the Top 10 U.S. cities for conservatives â and not surprisingly, the South rules the list. In first place is the Alabama city of Alabaster, a suburb of . . . conservatives, cities, south, top 10. 909. Friday, 26 Dec 2014 02:27 PM.
The most conservative states are in the South, Midwest, and Mountain West, while the most liberal are on the East or the West Coast. More than half of Alabama residents identified as conservative last year, compared with only about a fifth in the District of Columbia and less than 30% in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.