N. misteaching, misinformaton, # misintelligence, misguidance, misdirection, mispersuasion, misinstruction, misleading, perversion, false teaching, sophistry, college of laputa, the blind leading the blind, propaganda, disinformation, agitprop, indoctrination

V. misinform, misteach, misdescribe, misinstruct, miscorrect, misdirect, misguide, pervert, put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail, deceive, mislead, misrepresent, lie, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, propagandize, disinform, render unintelligible, bewilder, mystify, unteach, propagandist

Adj. misteaching, unedifying

Phr. piscem natare doces, the blind leading the blind