miseducate

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verb

To educate wrongly.

OriginEnglish educate ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmiseducate (third-person singular simple present miseducates, present participle miseducating, simple past and past participle miseducated)

present singular third person miseducates · participle present miseducating · participle past miseducated · past miseducated

  1. To educate wrongly.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englisheducate
  10. Englishmiseducate

From mis- + educate.

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APA

miseducate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miseducate

MLA

“miseducate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miseducate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miseducate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miseducate.

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