diseducativo

miseducating

adjective dee-zeh-doo-kah-TEE-voh Rare

Also means

educationally harmful

Usage Note

Diseducativo is a formal adjective used in debates about media, parenting, or schooling to describe something that teaches bad values or habits. The opposite is educativo. It agrees in gender and number: diseducativa (f), diseducativi (m pl), diseducative (f pl).

Examples

"Quel programma è diseducativo per i bambini."

Natural Translation

That programme is harmful to children's education.

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