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misteach

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[mis-teech] / mɪsˈtitʃ /

verb (used with object)

mistaught, misteaching

  1. to teach wrongly or badly.

Other Word Forms

  • misteacher noun

Etymology

Origin of misteach

before 1000; Middle English mistechen, Old English mistǣcan. See mis- 1, teach

Example Sentences

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The teachers of Christian Science need to watch inces- santly the trend of their own thoughts; watch that these be not secretly robbed, and themselves misguided, and so made to misteach others.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker

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