ill-informed

adjective

1

: not having a lot of knowledge especially about current news and events

ill-informed voters

2

: not based on facts

an ill-informed decision/opinion

Examples of ill-informed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some may be minor – when a chatbot gives the wrong answer to a simple question, the user may end up ill-informed. —Anna Choi, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025

Yet there are perceptions, fueled in part by misleading or ill-informed stories and social media posts, that TGL’s technology is driven by a single launch monitor. —Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

The conference — which draws child abuse pediatricians, social workers, police and prosecutors — featured multiple presentations that cast doctors who testify for the defense as both ill-informed and mercenary. —Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2024

Still, Travis said his accusations and claims during meetings, often directed toward others, are ill-informed and don’t paint the whole picture. —Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 July 2024

Today, there are two such unpredictable and ill-informed leaders: Kim and Trump. —Scott D. Sagan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2017

Sarah’s death is tragic and, unfortunately, repeatable as a result of broken and ill-informed policies. —Sen. Joni Ernst, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2024

Contributor Once hailed as a frontier of global connectivity and knowledge sharing, the Internet has become a battleground where hackers and cybercriminals prey on the ill-informed and underprepared. —Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023

There’s a lot of great stuff to read on LGBTQ+ history and culture…even a brief dive can prevent someone from making public comments that seem reactionary and ill-informed. —Randy Dotinga, Washington Post, 24 June 2023

Rhymes for ill-informed

• conformed
• deformed
• informed
• malformed
• performed
• preformed
• reformed
• transformed
• unformed
• formed
• normed
• stormed