misinstruct

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ instruct.

Verb

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

1. (archaic) To instruct badly or wrongly.

Related terms

• misinstruction

References

• “misinstruct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.