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Miseducate

Miseducate \Mis*ed"u*cate\ (?; 135), v. t. To educate in a wrong manner.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
miseducate

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

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miseducate

vb. To educate wrongly.

Usage examples of "miseducate".

Our schoolteachers have had no proper training themselves, they miseducate by example and precept, and so it is that our press and current discussions are more like an impromptu riot of crippled and deaf and blind minds than an intelligent interchange of ideas.

And I call this problem critical because, when it is badly resolved, the result for the miseducated individual is what is known, in mythological terms, as a Waste Land situation.

And I call this problem critical because, when it is badly resolved, the result for the miseducated individual is what is known, in mythological terms, as a Waste Land situation.

The reality is that the middle-aged generation (the parents of the rising generation) brought them into the world and is educating or miseducating them, or just ignoring their educational needs.