miseducate

[ mis-ej-oo-keyt ]

/ mɪsˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /

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to educate improperly.

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mis·ed·u·ca·tion, noun

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth: neurotic gay girl in Montana gets sent to degaying boarding school.
Curtis Sittenfeld: How I Write|Noah Charney|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That need for love and the consequences provided a powerful lyrical background for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Who Is Lauryn Hill? The Singer After the Fugees, Seclusion, Tax Issues|Allison Samuels|July 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The critical acclaim for Miseducation was equaled only by the 10 Grammy nominations she received in 1999.
Who Is Lauryn Hill? The Singer After the Fugees, Seclusion, Tax Issues|Allison Samuels|July 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The race divergence under the system of miseducation was fast getting wider.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography|Booker T. Washington

This lamentable condition of our southern woman is due, as plainly appears, to the miseducation given their ancestors by slavery.
The Brothers' War|John Calvin Reed
It is at best a miseducation of your cattle into lawless habits.
What I know of farming:|Horace Greeley