Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wrongly taught.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
misteach .
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Examples
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Anyway, after explanation, I think they finally understood the concept of “natural selection,” but I was surprised by the fact that my two very intelligent children had either both coincidentially mislearned the material or had been mistaught.
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He later admitted that Mr. Schroeder had “mistaught” him, but he continued to believe that life could not have begun without some intelligent or purposeful creator.
Atheist philosopher Antony Flew dies - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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He later admitted that Mr. Schroeder had “mistaught” him, but he continued to believe that life could not have begun without some intelligent or purposeful creator.
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He later admitted that Mr. Schroeder had “mistaught” him, but he continued to believe that life could not have begun without some intelligent or purposeful creator.
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So if that is your idea of a “progressive†government, then I need to redefine some words that I was obviously mistaught.
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So if that is your idea of a “progressive” government, then I need to redefine some words that I was obviously mistaught.
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Of course, when we began to study Spanish or Frence, the traditional grammar that we were mistaught finally began to make sense–because their grammars are Latinate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Against descriptivism and prescriptivism: 2007
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“I have been mistaught by Gerald Schroeder.…it was precisely because he appeared to be so well qualified as a physicist which I am not that I was never inclined to question what he said about physics.”
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Flew also makes another admission: “I have been mistaught by Gerald Schroeder.”
Convocation on Intelligent Design Creationism with Robert Pennock - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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I have discovered the fact that I was mistaught in regard to the reality of evil, and now I fear that all the rest of my teachings may be at fault and I cannot conscientiously preach what is false, as God knows I would not wilfully mislead my fellow-man.
The Pastor's Son William W. Walter
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