misinstruction love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wrong instruction.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Wrong or improper instruction.

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  • noun Wrong or improper instruction.

Etymologies

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mis- +‎ instruction

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Examples

  • Her mistress was a liar, her witchcraft was a muddle of truth, misinstruction and guesswork, and nothing in her life had prepared Ela to guess for herself.

    The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

  • Her mistress was a liar, her witchcraft was a muddle of truth, misinstruction and guesswork, and nothing in her life had prepared Ela to guess for herself.

    The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

  • Kwate (2001) argues that IQ tests are antagonistic and incompatible with an African centered conception of intelligence and mental health, while a study by Obiakor and Utley (2004) showed that culturally diverse learners are often excluded in educational programs in the U.S. through misidentification, misassessment, miscategorization, misplacement, and misinstruction-misintervention.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Cairin 2009

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