misinform
verbEtymology From mis- + inform.
1
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to.
- It is clear that the politician misinformed the public on the issue.
- Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed.1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca:
1 more example
- Absences and silences can misinform readers just as effectively as more obvious devices.2007, Ian Eyres, English for Primary and Early Years, page 188:
- Related terms
- misinformant, misinformation, misinformer, disinform