miseducate

[ mis-ej-oo-keyt ]

/ mɪsˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /

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

to educate improperly.

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Origin of miseducate

mis-¹ + educate

OTHER WORDS FROM miseducate

mis·ed·u·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby miseducate

misdoubt, mise, mise en place, mise en scène, misease, miseducate, misemploy, miseno, misenus, miser, miser, the

Example sentences from the Web for miseducation

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
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

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