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
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2025
Public health leaders say Gorton's assessment of public health measures is misinformed.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Anyone repeating this harmful myth is misinformed or intentionally trying to mislead parents.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2025
Public health leaders say Gorton's assessment of public health measures is misinformed.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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
Adjective
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Was the online backlash to Showgirl fair or misguided?—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
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About that — let’s get into his misguided declaration of love at the end of Part I.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Challengers should give Marylanders the option to choose a new direction and remove the need to confront the painful reality that they were deceived.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
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Trump told people that Rupert deceived him.—
Gabriel Sherman,
Vanity Fair,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Archaeologists were completely confused.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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Your children do not need parents who are confused about the status of their relationship.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That's where people get tricked.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Accountancy has seen several cheating scandals in recent years, with the Big Four firms hit with multimillion-dollar fines after staff tricked internal exams, but the sector is far from alone.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
29 Dec. 2025
Verb
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In other words, don’t be fooled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Don’t be fooled by the small bowl either.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Attackers can intentionally inject misleading or manipulative prompts to bypass security protocols or generate incorrect responses.—
Connie Etemadi,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Kiraly said the project experienced some delays due to incorrect measurements during construction, pushing completion back by a couple of months.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Companies must ensure that customers aren’t being misled or trapped in recurring subscriptions.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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While internalizing ready-to- wear production was a compelling prospect, we were misled on the feasibility of execution.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Consumption of death cap mushrooms — often mistaken for safe, edible lookalikes — has been linked to a deadly outbreak in California.—
Amy McGorry,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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That’s an extra $1,780 or so purely because the IRS concluded the erroneous position was intentional rather than mistaken.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Misinformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misinformed. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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