miseducate

[mis-ej-oo-keyt]

verb (used with object), mis·ed·u·cat·ed, mis·ed·u·cat·ing.

to educate improperly.

Origin of miseducate

mis-¹ + educate

Related formsmis·ed·u·ca·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for miseducation

Contemporary Examples of miseducation

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
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
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

Historical Examples of miseducation

It is at best a miseducation of your cattle into lawless habits.
What I know of farming:
Horace Greeley
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
The race divergence under the system of miseducation was fast getting wider.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Booker T. Washington

Word Origin and History for miseducation

n.

"wrong or faulty education," 1620s, from mis- (1) + education.

miseducate

v.

1790, from mis- (1) + educate (v.). Related: Miseducated; miseducating.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper