What does misinform mean?
Definitions for misinform
ˌmɪs ɪnˈfɔrmmis·in·form
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Princeton's WordNet
misinform, misleadverb
give false or misleading information to
Wiktionary
misinformverb
to give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information with intent to deceive
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Misinformverb
To deceive by false accounts.
Etymology: mis and inform.
Some belonged to a man of great dignity, and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed. 2 Mac. iii. 11.
By no means trust to your servants, who mislead you, or misinform you; the reproach will lie upon yourself. Francis Bacon.
Bid her well beware,
Lest by some fair-appearing good surpriz’d,
She dictate false; and misinform the will
To do what God expressly hath forbid. John Milton, Par. Lost.
Wikipedia
misinform
Misinformation is incorrect or misleading information. It differs from disinformation, which is deliberately deceptive. Rumors are information not attributed to any particular source, and so are unreliable and often unverified, but can turn out to be either true or false. Even if later retracted, misinformation can continue to influence actions and memory. People may be more prone to believe misinformation because they are emotionally connected to what they are listening to or are reading. The role of social media has made information readily available to society at anytime, and it connects vast groups of people along with their information at one time. Advances in technology has impacted the way people communicate information and the way misinformation is spread. Misinformation has impacts on societies' ability to receive information which then influences our communities, politics, and medical field.
ChatGPT
misinform
Misinform refers to the act of providing incorrect, inaccurate, misleading or false information, either intentionally or unintentionally. This action can lead to misunderstandings or wrong decisions based on the falsified data or knowledge.
Webster Dictionary
Misinformverb
to give untrue information to; to inform wrongly
Misinformverb
to give untrue information; (with against) to calumniate
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Misinform
mis-in-form′, v.t. to tell incorrectly.—ns. Misinform′ant; Misinformā′tion; Misinform′er.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of misinform in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of misinform in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of misinform in a Sentence
I want you tell your friends and neighbors, I believe with all my heart we can have common-sense gun reform measures that are consistent with the Second Amendment. It's important for people to understand that and hear that, we've had the Brady Bill since '94. I want you to find one person who's had their gun taken away. Just find one for me. ... There is a difference between respecting gun owners and gun owners' constitutional rights to hunt, to collect, to shoot, and going along with the agenda of the gun lobby which represents the gun makers more than they represent the gun owners. And what we have seen in the last few years is a concerted effort to mislead, misinform gun owners by the gun lobby.
That is their focus and they have every right to focus on adoption and other services, but they also can't misinform.
Everybody is paranoid about some leak on Facebook or Instagram or YouTube… I think the secrecy is kind of understandable, but also there is an element of hype about it that makes it… the more secretive it is, the more special it is. And certainly ‘Game of Thrones’ plays that. They misinform the crowd and they give them tidbits to send them in wrong directions.
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