misprepare
misprepare verb: to prepare badly; to provide inadequate or inappropriate preparation.
Verb
misprepare (third-person singular simple present misprepares, present participle mispreparing, simple past and past participle misprepared)
- To prepare badly; to provide inadequate or inappropriate preparation.
- Concluding, the paper presents a context of teacher preparation with an emphasis on techniques and standards that tends to misprepare teachers in addressing the needs of an increasingly immigrant student population.2003, Neal A. Glasgow, Cathy D. Hicks, What Successful Teachers Do, page 119
- To do otherwise is to ignore the bounties of technology—a culpable neglect—and to misprepare her for life and work after school.2015, Rand J. Spiro, Michael DeSchryver, Michelle Schira Hagerman, Reading at a Crossroads?
Forms of misprepare
| third-person singular present | misprepares |
|---|---|
| present participle | mispreparing |
| past participle | misprepared |
| past | misprepared |
Origin of misprepare
From mis- + prepare.
Questions about misprepare
- What does misprepare mean?
- Misprepare means to prepare badly; to provide inadequate or inappropriate preparation.
- What part of speech is misprepare?
- Misprepare is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misprepare?
- The past tense of misprepare is misprepared.
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