miseducate
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- miseducation noun
Etymology
Origin of miseducate
Example Sentences
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“Silence can be deadly, because it can miseducate,” Powers said.
From Washington Times
But save some vexation for this: With books like these proliferating in history — and, not incidentally, science — we now routinely miseducate the next generation in the name of ideology.
From Seattle Times
Her 2006 book, The Cult of Personality, claims personality tests are leading us to miseducate our children, mismanage our companies and misunderstand ourselves.
From BBC
He uttered a severe rebuke to those who thus "mislead and miseducate the public mind."
From Project Gutenberg
I never attended a high school, and now I rejoice at it, for what a German calls education can only serve to miseducate after all.
From Project Gutenberg
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