misinformed

adjective

mis·​in·​formed ˌmis-in-ˈfȯrmd 

: wrongly or badly informed: such as

a

: having wrong or inaccurate information about a topic

He was slightly misinformed on a few points of the discussion.

They have found that some amateurs are greedy, destructive, and badly misinformed.

—June Culp Zeitner

The whole anchovy came later; and don't let a snooty, misinformed waiter make you feel stupid if you don't want some skanky little dead fish laid to rest atop your salad.

—Clark Wolf

" … Even the Press, being human, may be sometimes mistaken or misinformed … . "

—Charles Dickens

b

: based on wrong or inaccurate information

a misinformed view

misinformed statements/claims

Inadequate knowledge can contribute to misinformed attitudes about special education …

—Carolyn Babione and Catherine Shea

Examples of misinformed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sharing their decision on social media was a different challenge altogether, met with a wave of responses that ranged from deeply supportive to harshly judgmental and misinformed. —Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 12 July 2025

Personal attacks on her are misinformed and classless. —Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 May 2025

Were the people behaving as a rational public, or a misinformed mob? —Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025

Unfortunately, for some state policymakers, the horse and buggy that is POTS continues to loom large, shaping their misinformed view of the advanced communications sector. —Michael Santorelli, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for misinformed

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