miseducative
- adjective
- /ˌmɪsˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪtɪv/
- The teacher's miseducative tactics led students to misunderstand the basic principles of science.
Examples
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Using miseducative methods can have long-term negative effects on a child's development.
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Many believe that certain media can be miseducative, providing false information to impressionable audiences.
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Why did I ignore my heart and move forward with what I knew at that moment to be harmful and miseducative to many of my students?
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Although ideally I would rather not have gained insights through students' potential harm or miseducative experiences, this event sparked a praxical journey of critical self-reflection, critical dialogue, and transformative action.
Academic text (2014)
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
miseducative = miseducate (transparent) = mis + educate + ive
The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ive' to the verb 'miseducate', yielding an adjective meaning 'having the quality of miseducating'.
Etymology
Miseducative comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the root educate meaning 'to teach' or 'to bring up'. So something miseducative gives wrong or harmful teaching and makes people learn the wrong things.