as in lie
information that is not completely true or accurate
a company accused of providing misinformation to its shareholders
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Recent Examples of misinformation
And the Secretary has fueled the misinformation surrounding vaccine safety and guidance that has become all too common.
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Jerome Adams, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Misinformation derails a solution for misinformation One example of false narratives having an impact was the fate of something called Senate Bill 549, says Julia Stein, deputy director for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
There has been a lot of misinformation related to delaying vaccination in children.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
This shift does not merely increase the volume of misinformation.
—Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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Jerome Adams, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Misinformation derails a solution for misinformation One example of false narratives having an impact was the fate of something called Senate Bill 549, says Julia Stein, deputy director for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
There has been a lot of misinformation related to delaying vaccination in children.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
This shift does not merely increase the volume of misinformation.
—Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misinformation
Noun
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Whenever the president floated some bizarre policy idea, issued a new threat, or told a brazen lie about the state of the economy, Hassett would be one of the first people on cable news justifying it.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Our entire relationship was built on a lie.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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There was a bill introduced last legislative session that would have empowered citizens to sue for allegedly deceptive practices, fraud, harassment, intimidation or misrepresentation during the acquisition of land access agreements by carbon pipeline land agents.—
Meghan O’Brien,
States Newsroom,
13 Jan. 2026
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The misrepresentation of the acts of Jan 6, 2021, and the recent death of Renee Nicole Goode in Minneapolis highlight the illusion of truth and its perils to society.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Where are all of the activists who lined the streets screaming about a fake genocide and lying about Israeli apartheid and other libels?—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
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Challenges about potential points of libel.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Misinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misinformation. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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