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miseducation

American  
[mis-ej-oo-kay-shuhn] / ˌmɪs ɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of educating improperly, especially in a way that is inaccurate or misleading.


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“Nobody wants to talk about the system issues — miseducation, unemployment,” said Dominique Davis, CEO and founder of Community Passageways, a violence intervention agency.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

“It speaks to the miseducation of most Americans when it comes to slavery and the impact that it had on this country and the impact that it still has on African Americans today,” Bradford said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2023

I think there is more for all of us to gain by dealing with Irving’s miseducation in the light than in the darkness.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022

There is so much miseducation and bad faith in that tiny word “we.”

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2019

It is at best a miseducation of your cattle into lawless habits.

From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Greeley, Horace