misinform

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ inform.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Verb

misinform (third-person singular simple present misinforms, present participle misinforming, simple past and past participle misinformed)

1. (transitive) To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to.

   Synonyms: misguide, mislead, deceive

   It is clear that the politician misinformed the public on the issue.

   • 1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca:

     Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
     Rick: I was misinformed.

   • 2007, Ian Eyres, English for Primary and Early Years, page 188:

     Absences and silences can misinform readers just as effectively as more obvious devices.

Related terms

• misinformant
• misinformation
• misinformer

Translations

give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

Bulgarian: дезинформи́рам impf or pf (dezinformíram) Catalan: desinformar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 誤報 / 误报 (wùbào), 誤傳 / 误传 (zh) (wùchuán) Czech: dezinformovat French: mésinformer (fr), induire en erreur (fr), désinformer (fr) German: falsch informieren Greek: παραπληροφορώ (el) f (parapliroforó) Hungarian: félretájékoztat (hu), tévesen/​hibásan/​rosszul tájékoztat/​informál, (mislead) félrevezet (hu) Italian: disinformare Portuguese: desinformar (pt) Russian: дезинформи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (dezinformírovatʹ) Spanish: desinformar (es) Ukrainian: дезінформувати impf (dezinformuvaty)

See also

• disinform