1. the act or process of training someone or something incorrectly or inadequately

Examples

• The athlete’s poor performance was attributed to mistraining during the off-season.
• Mistraining of new employees led to numerous workplace accidents.
• The dog’s aggressive behavior resulted from mistraining as a puppy.
• Military officials blamed the mission failure on mistraining of the recruits.
• The company invested heavily in proper coaching to avoid mistraining their sales team.
• Years of mistraining had to be undone before the musician could perform correctly.