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as in misguided

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verb

past tense of misinform
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
Adjective
Why the plea deal was delayed The plea deal was delayed last week after Jackson had an outburst in court when his family was misinformed about the hearing time. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 Politicians and researchers have warned of the growing risks of a misinformed public as false information online can spread quickly. — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
His office later added that Hoskins could have been misinformed or misunderstood the exchange. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 Timoja had been misinformed that the ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah, had died, leaving behind a young and inexperienced successor, and that internal rivalries among Deccan rulers had further weakened Goa. — Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for misinformed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misinformed
  1. misguided
  2. deceived
  3. confused
  4. tricked
  5. incorrect
  6. fooled
  7. mistaken
  8. misled
Adjective
  • The backlash is an understandable, if misguided, response to a number of concerning cases of police abuse.
    — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Within this literature, no decade is more doom-laden than the nineteen-thirties, when misguided hope and willful blindness led the world’s democracies to grossly underestimate the threat of Fascism.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of misguided
Verb
  • Some veterans say recruiters deceived them and Haitian authorities tortured them; their families call them scapegoats.
    — Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the Colombians have long maintained that they were deceived about the mission and arrived at the home after Moïse had already been killed.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceived
Adjective
  • On-the-ground responders became confused by a deluge of 911 calls.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Blandino was happy to have scored an invite, even if fans were confused.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of confused
Verb
  • An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Because you can get tricked very quickly into thinking that acting is all about me.
    — David Katz, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tricked
Adjective
  • That can include circumstances outside the property holder’s control or if the Controller’s Office gave them incorrect information.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The company says its services can produce incorrect or incomplete information.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorrect
Verb
  • But don’t be fooled by the fluidity, the tablet itself isn’t paper (or even E Ink).
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Trey Owens fooled the TCU defense with a 34-yard keeper on third-and-1 to get inside the 10-yard line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of fooled
Adjective
  • That is why the speed and apparent ubiquity of AI should not be mistaken for a substitute for leadership.
    — Tara Youngblood, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Seiler warned that restraint should not, however, be mistaken for a willingness to abandon Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of mistaken
Verb
  • Some claimed they were betrayed or misled by their clinics but felt their only recourse was to write a bad online review.
    — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • About 7 in 10 ads carried no AI disclosure, although the count includes uses beyond deceptive impersonations and does not establish how many ads violated a law or misled voters.
    — Stefani Langehennig, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of misled

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“Misinformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misinformed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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