Misinform
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transitive verb.
To provide with incorrect information.
The 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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.
intransitive verb.
To give untrue information; (with
against
) to calumniate.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
to give or
deliver
false
, fake, or
misleading
information with
intent
to
deceive
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
give false or misleading information to
Word Usage
"They do nothing but misinform, that is their mission."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
inform
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
amplify
beat around the bush
betray
deceive
equivocate
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Norm
conform
deform
disinform
dorm
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bowl a googly
con
corrupt
deceiv
deceive
verb-form
misinformed
misinforming
misinforms