Misteaching

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wrong, false, or incorrect teaching.

    "Still, the qualification for admission to the Reformatory will be the commission of some crime; there is nothing to protect children from the misteaching of parents."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of misteach form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"Still, the qualification for admission to the Reformatory will be the commission of some crime; there is nothing to protect children from the misteaching of parents."

Etymology

From misteach + -ing.

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