as in deceived
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
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Recent Examples of misinformed
Simon Williams, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Sharing their decision on social media was a different challenge altogether, met with a wave of responses that ranged from deeply supportive to harshly judgmental and misinformed.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 12 July 2025
Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Lapado has a history of controversial and sometimes misinformed views, especially around COVID-19 vaccines and preventative policies.
—Simon Williams, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Sharing their decision on social media was a different challenge altogether, met with a wave of responses that ranged from deeply supportive to harshly judgmental and misinformed.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 12 July 2025
Adjective
Popov did just that, only to be misinformed.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misinformed
Verb
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According to Chinese sources, one of its electronic warfare (EW) systems has successfully deceived a foreign spy plane over the South China Sea.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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While vacationing in Switzerland during Zurich Fashion Week, they were interviewed and completely deceived the interviewer throughout the conversation.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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After all, even repeating the consensus of the time is far from a surefire way of looking clever in 25 years, because various elements of the sport where there was a broad agreement about the direction of travel have proved misguided.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Palestinian producer behind The Sea, Israel’s contender for Best International Feature at the Oscars, has argued that it is misguided for Hollywood luminaries to boycott filmmakers in the country.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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According to the outlet and several videos circulating on social media, Mojito tricked pedestrians by pretending to inject them with a syringe in a series of viral videos.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Tibbetts looked confused by the ejection and didn’t leave the court immediately, appearing to ask another official, Tim Greene, what happened.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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About 20 mins later, our son woke up, confused and looking for his daddy.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And though in public, the royal family remains upbeat, people who have been following the monarchy for a while aren’t fooled.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Oct. 2025
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Viewer Reactions The TikTok video reached over 874,100 views, 171,200 likes and 657 comments as of Monday, with people cracking up in the comment section, claiming they too had been fooled for a moment.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That means a federal district court in Colorado, where the case was initially filed, will again have oversight on whether Crocs’ alleged false or misleading statements in commercial advertising could indirectly cause consumers to be misled.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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The board found the judge was not misled by Bennett during a court hearing and had already made her decision.—
Kevin Grasha,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Boxer, a co-editor of the new book The Future of Youth Violence Prevention, insists that the larger premise of youth violence increasing is incorrect, as a variety of indicators indicate the overall problem in aggregate is on a steady decline over the last several years.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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The letter said the school district restructured its bonds, similar to refinancing a mortgage, and stated the city’s figure of $14 million in state funds was incorrect.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Put simply, the RAP Act protects metaphor from being mistaken for motive.—
Dina LaPolt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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What To Know An HHS official attributed the mistaken terminations to a coding error on the notices, according to CNN reports.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Misinformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misinformed. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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