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misinstruct

misinstruct verb: to instruct badly or wrongly.

Verb

misinstruct (third-person singular simple present misinstructs, present participle misinstructing, simple past and past participle misinstructed)

  1. (archaic) To instruct badly or wrongly.

Forms of misinstruct

third-person singular presentmisinstructs
present participlemisinstructing
past participlemisinstructed
pastmisinstructed

Origin of misinstruct

From mis- + instruct.

Questions about misinstruct

What does misinstruct mean?
Misinstruct means to instruct badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is misinstruct?
Misinstruct is a verb.
What is the past tense of misinstruct?
The past tense of misinstruct is misinstructed.

Words near misinstruct in the dictionary

  1. misinstallation
  2. misinstallations
  3. misinstalled
  4. misinstalling
  5. misinstalls
  6. misinstruct
  7. misinstructed
  8. misinstructing
  9. misinstruction
  10. misinstructions
  11. misinstructive

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