miseducate
verb
mis·ed·u·cate
ˌmis-ˈe-jə-ˌkāt 
miseducated; miseducating
: to educate (someone) in a poor, improper, or harmful manner
… libraries and museums, newspapers, radio and most recently television have shared significantly in educating (and miseducating) Americans.—
Amy Gutmann
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We are woefully miseducated in our country about these early years of the republic.
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Increasingly popular curricula don’t just miseducate our kids.
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Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
Increasingly popular curricula don’t just miseducate our kids.
—Samantha Hedges, National Review, 2 May 2021
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“Miseducate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miseducate. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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