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misinform

[mis-in-fawrm] / ˌmɪs ɪnˈfɔrm /


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“Bad actors are using AI-generated voices in unsolicited robocalls to extort vulnerable family members, imitate celebrities, and misinform voters,” the agency’s chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, said in a news release.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

It said that “nobody is allowed to terrorize and misinform the public” on public health issues.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

“It loses credibility, but it doesn’t misinform voters. The problem is that today it’s always being presented as an absolute truth.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

KLM says it's committed to communicating "transparently and honestly" about the company's approach to sustainability, and that it would not be in its interest "to misinform customers".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2022

"Whaever tell't ye that, didna misinform ye," replied the old woman drily.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton

While we appreciate Seattle Times coverage of priorities such as public safety, lumping all nine independently elected individuals together as “the council” misinforms readers and ignores the diverse views of our local legislative branch.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

Mozilla senior director of advocacy Brandy Guerkink says “YouTube needs to admit their algorithm is designed in a way that harms and misinforms people.”

From The Verge ● Jul. 7, 2021

Once absorbed into received knowledge, such research misinforms subsequent scientific judgments.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 27, 2020

Enough running attention-grabbing news coverage that not only misinforms the public, but endangers the very community members you serve.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2019

In the final test, they provided much more detail about the specific flaws in the Oregon Petition, and how it misinforms people.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2017

The study states that the false belief has led "to negative consequences, including misinformed risk‐taking by those encountering snakes, unwarranted fear among snakebite victims, and inappropriate care delivered by misinformed or patient/family‐pressured medical professionals."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Rama has pivoted between downplaying the protesters as misinformed and dismissing the movement as foreign-backed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Once a correspondent on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” he landed his own Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” where he played a bloviating, misinformed character, also named Stephen Colbert.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

"The president has been misinformed," he told us.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Well-meaning but misinformed people think ani­mals in the wild are “happy” because they are “free”.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Romanian officials are not explaining their previous vehement denials of the drone incident, although the defence minister is taking the blame for "misinforming" the country's president.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023

Ellemann-Jensen has apologized for misinforming parliament over a rushed Israeli arms deal to replace Denmark’s howitzers that were donated to Ukraine in January.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

Glasscock also rejected the shareholders’ allegations that Ellison and Oracle CEO Safra Catz breached duties of loyalty by misinforming the special committee and concealing material facts regarding the acquisition.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Beyond misinforming the public, its story distorted U.S. policy decisions and, most important, deepened patients’ suffering, which it cannot be said enough, is very real.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 6, 2023

"I can't see what would be their object in misinforming me on the subject," Mr. Dill complained.

From The Long Shadow by B. M. Bower




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