Etymology

misadvise

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Today it means: To give bad advice Full definition →

Middle English misavisen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommisavisen
  2. English todaymisadvise

From Middle English misavisen, and also from mis- + advise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.