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单词 misinform
释义

misinform

verb

mis·​in·​form ˌmis-in-ˈfȯrm How to pronounce misinform (audio)
misinformed; misinforming; misinforms

transitive verb

: to give incorrect or misleading information to (someone) : to inform (someone) wrongly
That small, self-serving cabal managed to misinform generations of Americans with malicious myths that misshaped history. Dana D. Kelley
"Pardon me," interrupted Alfred Inglethorp, "you have been misinformed. I had no quarrel with my dear wife. … " Agatha Christie
see also misinformed

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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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Forrester’s Consumer Technographics® Technology, Media, And Telecom Topic Insights Survey, 2020, US online adults were asked about their response to news stories and videos created to misinform and deceive readers on social media platforms. Forrester, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 This is the inevitable result of a concerted, bad faith effort to misinform the public about the Covid-19 vaccine. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2022 Advances in computing technology have leapfrogged from lab settings into the real world, allowing criminals to deceive, misinform and defraud by impersonating others. Erik Schatzker, Bloomberg.com, 16 Feb. 2022 The prevalence of amateur videos, crowdsourced content and difficult to discern satellite imagery can confuse or perhaps misinform even seasoned journalists. Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 20 Feb. 2022 In Week 1472, The Style Invitational continued its decades-long campaign to misinform innocent newspaper readers, this time with bogus trivia about money and finance. Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022 What Fox has repeatedly done — on pretty much every major topic — is to misinform... Oliver Darcy, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022 The bad news is that the same platforms that are used to inform can also be used by others with their own agendas to misinform and thereby lengthen or worsen the crisis. Edward Segal, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021 Other internet searches reveal that the infamous scare tactics intended to misinform people about COVID-19 are bleeding into the influenza world, as well. Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

misinform

verb

as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue had been misinformed about the purpose of the meeting and walked in on what was a surprise birthday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deceive
  • fool
  • trick
  • mislead
  • delude
  • hoodwink
  • misguide
  • tease
  • bamboozle
  • dupe
  • beguile
  • hoax
  • kid
  • con
  • cozen
  • cheat
  • humbug
  • bluff
  • sucker
  • gull
  • suck in
  • sting
  • buffalo
  • snooker
  • gaff
  • juggle
  • catch
  • have
  • hornswoggle
  • spoof
  • have on
  • snow
  • gammon
  • burn
  • take in
  • string along
  • fake out
  • lead one up the garden path
  • lead one down the garden path
  • do a number on
  • pull one's leg
  • defraud
  • shortchange
  • pull the wool over one's eyes
  • swindle
  • put on
  • stick
  • flimflam
  • diddle
  • mulct
  • bleed
  • fleece
  • euchre
  • skin
  • hustle
  • rook
  • chisel
  • squeeze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • expose
  • undeceive
  • reveal
  • debunk
  • tell
  • unmask
  • disclose
  • uncover
  • divulge
  • disabuse
  • disillusion
  • show up
  • unveil
  • uncloak
  • disenchant
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