misteaching

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noun

Wrong, false, or incorrect teaching.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

misteaching1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of misteach

misteaching2

nounmisteaching (plural misteachings)

plural misteachings

  1. Wrong, false, or incorrect teaching.

    A second attempt was made by presenting to the Bishops specific charges of misteaching supported by citations from Mitchell's book, "The World Before Abraham."

    1905, New outlook, volume 81, page 933
    1 more example

    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.

    1850, George Moody, The English journal of education

Origin

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Chicago

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