Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To teach wrongly; instruct erroneously.

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

  • transitive verb To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To teach incorrectly.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English mistechen, from Old English mistǣċan ("to teach amiss, teach falsely"), equivalent to mis- +‎ teach.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word misteach.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.