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misinform

[mis-in-fawrm] / ˌmɪs ɪnˈfɔrm /


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The British Poultry Council, which represents suppliers, processors and farmers, added that "drawing comparison between formal inspection and rigorous procedure versus a shop-shelf experiment has potential to mislead and misinform".

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

"Media Matters created an alternate account and curated the posts and advertising appearing on the account's timeline to misinform advertisers about the placement of their posts."

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 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

George at once said, "Pa I didn't call her a lie, I jes told someone had misinform her 'bout Mary, that she aint got her leg broke cause I see her every day."

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives by Work Projects Administration

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

Q: Do you think social media ever misinforms about what it’s like to live this way?

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 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

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley had accused the Green leader of amplifying "inaccurate and misinformed commentary", in a letter to the politician sent out by the force on Thursday.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

They are strangers to our character, ignorant of our capacity, oblivious to our history and progress, and are misinformed as to the principles and ideas that control and guide us, as a people.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Musk is not really a fanatical opponent of typical media outlets because he thinks they’re misinforming the public.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024

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

No better way even yet had been found of misinforming the unintelligent.

From Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson


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