misinform
verb (used with object)
to give false or misleading information to.
have misinformed
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present perfectof misinform.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Wingate was worried the mayor “may have misinformed the public” about whether Jackson’s water was safe to drink, court records show.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
“I am very saddened that advisers to the president have misinformed him,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2021
Well meaning though these authors may be, the degree to which their books have misinformed the public is incalculable.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
"Your lawyers have misinformed you, Mr. Carthew," said Mr. Jobling in his most dogmatic manner.
From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas
If anybody is to be blamed, you must look to those agents and spies you employ who have misinformed you.”
From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
