Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To provide with incorrect information.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To inform erroneously or falsely; make a wrong statement to; give wrong or misleading instruction to.
- To testify falsely; make false or misleading statements.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive to give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information with intent to deceive
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.
- v. rare To give untrue information; (with
against ) to calumniate.
WordNet 3.0
- v. give false or misleading information to
Etymologies
- mis- + inform (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They do nothing but misinform, that is their mission.”
“misinform", but to grant the Platform these "Powers of Misinformation", you have to assume that everyone using it is a simpleton just waiting to be tricked by the next conspiracy theorist that creates a Twitter account.”
“Who are you to misinform people you do not know in this flippant manner?”
“Its sad to see that these candidates raise millions of dollars and use it to smear, misdirect, misinform, the opposition to win a chair at the power table!”
“This is precisely the behavior that GOP lobbying shops use to misinform and misdirect grass roots citizens into calling Congress urging Congress to do the exact opposite of what the citizen thinks he or she is trying to do.”
“It is shameful that media such as Peru21, El Comercio, RPP, misinform the public and devote themselves to sway public opinion against the social protests, either by minimizing the deaths that the natives have suffered, hiding information or by exaggerating and giving a grim spin on the news.”
Global Voices in English » Peru: Responsibility for the Casualties in Amazon Conflict
“The bulk of this money approximately 60 cents to every dollar contributed to campaigns will buy televised political attack ads that often misrepresent the issues and misinform the viewing and voting public.”
“Fortunately, the most harm you can do by posting this current rumor is to further misinform your fellow Facebookers.”
The Huffington Post: Facebook Charging In 2011: Chain Letter Spreads False Rumor (PICTURES)
“These groups, including the Global Warming Policy Foundation and the Taxpayers' Alliance, appear driven by an extreme ideological opposition to environmental regulation, and have sought to confuse and misinform the public with blatantly inflated figures.”
The Guardian: Green measures will not lead to 'astronomical' energy bills: analysis
“It is these lobbies that misinform the public and claim that the Forest Code is being framed for the benefit of large producers to meet the interests of landowners.”
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