mislearn

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verb

To learn wrongly.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbmislearn (third-person singular simple present mislearns, present participle mislearning, simple past and past participle mislearned or mislearnt)

present singular third person mislearns · participle present mislearning · participle past mislearned · past mislearned · participle past mislearnt · past mislearnt

  1. To learn wrongly.

Origin

By surface analysis, mis- + learn. Compare Middle English misleren, Old English mislǣran.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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