misinform
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Definition of misinform
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Synonyms & Antonyms for misinform
Synonyms
bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick
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Examples of misinform in a Sentence
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Hall said fake news is false or inaccurate information spread by accident or design to misinform and disinform. — Pomerado News, "U-T editorial director: Good journalism is accurate, starts a conversation," 23 Aug. 2019 North Dakota’s law undermines this relationship by requiring physicians to mislead and misinform their patients with messages that contradict reality and science. — NBC News, "AMA says North Dakota is trying to turn abortion doctors into 'government mouthpieces'," 2 July 2019 But, of course, Facebook played an especially helpful role in Trump’s election—its negligence allowed the Trump campaign to misinform and agitate voters without consequences. — Noam Cohen, WIRED, "The Truth About Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Big Tech," 18 July 2019 As cases of measles in the United States have exploded in recent years—largely due to a small but loud band of anti-vaccine advocates misinforming parents—states are now cracking down on non-medical exemptions. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Antivaxxers turn to homeschooling to avoid protecting their kids’ health," 8 July 2019 Rappler found the best way to combat these attacks was to track how the disinformation campaigns worked, to try and show the public precisely how they were being misinformed. — Hunter Holcombe, CBS News, "A "dictator's playbook" is threatening democracy. This woman is fighting back.," 27 June 2019 In pushing this narrative, the administration is either willfully ignorant of or misinformed about the reality that a great many domestic car brands source their vehicles and parts from outside the U.S. — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, "President Trump Appears to Kick the 25 Percent Auto Tariff Can down the Road," 15 May 2019 Sources may have misinformed him, may have faulty memories, or may have agendas. — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, "Trump attacks Woodward, but trashing his book may not work," 6 Sep. 2018 The newspaper reported that officials misinformed Cruz about his options after the failure of efforts to mainstream him at Stoneman Douglas. — Curt Anderson, The Seattle Times, "Paper faces contempt for story on school shooting suspect," 7 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'misinform.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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