misinform

[ mis-in-fawrm ]

/ ˌmɪs ɪnˈfɔrm /

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verb (used with object)

to give false or misleading information to.

OTHER WORDS FOR misinform

mislead, misdirect.

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Origin of misinform

First recorded in 1350–1400, misinform is from the Middle English word misenfourmen.See mis-¹, inform¹

OTHER WORDS FROM misinform

mis·in·form·ant, mis·in·form·er, nounmis·in·form·a·tive, adjectivemis·in·for·ma·tion

[mis-in-fer-mey-shuhn], /ˌmɪs ɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən/, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH misinform

disinformation, misinformation

How to use misinform in a sentence

So an example, just to make this clear, is around civic integrity, we care about and we take action on content which might misinform people who say you should vote on November 5th, when election day is November 3rd.
EmTech Stage: Twitter’s CTO on misinformation|Tate Ryan-Mosley|November 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Nevertheless, Reynolds said his goals weren’t necessarily to inform, misinform or disinform, but to make a little bit of money.
Why A Gamer Started A Web Of Disinformation Sites Aimed At Latino Americans|Kaleigh Rogers (kaleigh.rogers@fivethirtyeight.com)|October 20, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The problem here is that the data of any user who forwards such a message will be stored, even if that user didn’t intend to misinform.
Brazil’s “fake news” bill won’t solve its misinformation problem|Amy Nordrum|September 10, 2020|MIT Technology Review
After all, it was entirely possible that the president had been simply misinformed about Springsteen's lyrics.
Are Politicians Too Dumb to Understand the Lyrics to ‘Born in the USA’?|Parker Molloy|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And when it comes to fertility, said Whelan and Selvaratnam, they are often misinformed and dole out bad advice.
Test Tube Generation: The Fertility Lie for Women|Tricia Romano|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A lot of that has to do with clichés and stereotyping through the years, a misinformed preconception of excessive promiscuity.
HBO’s ‘Looking,’ Gays, and Sex: Are We All Expecting Too Much?|Kevin Fallon|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Texas crusader let it slip this week that she is badly misinformed on the late-term abortion ban she crusaded against.
On Abortion, Wendy Davis Doesn’t Know What She’s Talking About|Kirsten Powers|August 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They cut me off and suggested that as a foreigner, I was somehow misinformed.
Processing the Murder of Eric Ohena Lembembe|Neela Ghoshal|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Suppose B is misinformed and learns that A is giving a barrel of apples to each of his customers?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
It is more rational to conclude that Godwin was misinformed, than to believe this.
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
I have been misinformed, you say, as to my principal relations being at my uncle Harlowe's.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
Voltaire was misinformed; and would perhaps learn, by a second inquiry, a truth less splendid and amusing.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
If you say you were misinformed, then you are not fit for your position, and should give place to a better man.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2)|Hazard Stevens

British Dictionary definitions for misinform

misinform

/ (ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːm) /

verb

(tr) to give incorrect information to

Derived forms of misinform

misinformant or misinformer, nounmisinformation (ˌmɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃən), noun

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