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miseducation

American  
[mis-ej-oo-kay-shuhn] / ˌmɪs ɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of educating improperly, especially in a way that is inaccurate or misleading.


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Times Book Prize honorees as the winner of the Christopher Isherwood Prize for “Playworld,” a semi-autobiographical novel about a teen growing up in 1980s New York that is described as “less a bildungsroman than a story of miseducation.”

From Los Angeles Times

Much like Lauryn Hill, with whom he collaborated on Nothing Even Matters for her Miseducation album, D'Angelo's towering influence was even more notable for his comparatively low level of output.

From BBC

In the Instagram post, the star of “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” also showed off her after-party look, a custom jacket with cut-outs and trousers, which was inspired by a 2019 Louis Vuitton runway look.

From Los Angeles Times

In a 2000 interview with The Times, Stone said Lauryn Hill “broke the mold” with her Grammy-winning 1998 LP, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Even though she disingenuously billed the tour as a Lauryn Hill Miseducation tour, she knew that the kind of success she craved would only be possible if it were also billed as a Fugees tour.”

From Los Angeles Times