misprofess

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verb

To profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim.

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Meanings

verbmisprofess (third-person singular simple present misprofesses, present participle misprofessing, simple past and past participle misprofessed)

present singular third person misprofesses · participle present misprofessing · participle past misprofessed · past misprofessed

  1. transitiveTo profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim.

    Consequently, such actions miseducate the public and misprofess what dentistry is about, and they violate the dentist's obligations to integrity and education.

    2002, David T. Ozar, David J. Sokol, Dental Ethics at Chairside, page 291
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    Keep me back, O Lord, from them who misprofess arts of healing the soul, or of the body, by means not imprinted by thee in the church for the soul, or not in nature for the body.

    1624, John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

Origin

From mis- + profess.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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