How to Use misinformed in a Sentence

misinformed

adjective
  • Trump was seemingly misinformed about the nature of the vote and the substance of the bill, people said.
    Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The president was seemingly misinformed about the nature of the vote and the substance of the bill, people said.
    Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2018
  • There are two reasons so many Americans are misinformed about the substance of the bill.
    Ben Shapiro, National Review, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Politicians and researchers have warned of the growing risks of a misinformed public.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • Health officials later said that Trump had been misinformed and that the patient was a man.
    Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2020
  • There’s been a lot of talk about slavery lately, and sadly, some of it is wildly misinformed.
    Felice León, The Root, 5 May 2018
  • Even after more than 18 months of dealing with Covid-19, widespread and misinformed rumors still take hold.
    Mike Capone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • This has left Arabs divided and at times misinformed about the violence raging at their doorsteps.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2017
  • And, of course, if the reviews themselves are misinformed or rigged, a summary of junk customer feedback will also be junk.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Valdez said his employees weren’t misinformed, like Roth said during this month’s meeting in Hialeah.
    Ana Goñi-Lessan and John Kennedy, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • But the people who live and work in those cities say the president is either terribly misinformed or lying.
    USA Today, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The picture is on T-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers: the ubiquitous but misinformed image of the evolution of humankind.
    Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian, 6 Nov. 2019
  • But some see it as a shortcut for the misinformed — apathy and convenience placed in one plastic bottle.
    Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Some dismissed his speech as a misinformed rant, noting that the biblical figure Daniel is also revered as a prophet by Muslims.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Once again, our poor assessment of risk leads to misinformed actions and faulty solutions.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Facebook and Twitter feeds containing a misinformed post about the Zika virus.
    Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2020
  • So, Crockett is simply wrong (or misinformed) on the merits of his argument -- which Tapper notes.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 12 Dec. 2017
  • A day later, the health ministry released a statement saying the study was speculative and misinformed.
    Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 5 May 2022
  • As the pandemic continues, so does the misinformed idea that China caused this suffering.
    Melissa Hung, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Prominent gay rights activist Dede Oetomo said the draft law was misinformed.
    NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Calling out misinformed approaches helps make the case for proper design and action.
    John M. Bremen, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • This decadeslong campaign has resulted in the current surveys that show nearly a quarter of young adults are misinformed or skeptical about the Holocaust.
    Adam G. Klein, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The vaccine mandate for New York health care workers has sparked a misinformed conversation among social media users.
    Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Instead of singing and dancing to songs his label has given him (a misinformed stereotype often tacked onto K-pop), Wonho prefers to be a part of every single step of the music-making process.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 12 June 2021
  • But their diagnosis is misinformed and their prescription would only make the problem worse.
    WSJ, 15 May 2018
  • This helps explain why most American consumers are so misinformed.
    Brianna Holt, Quartz, 22 Jan. 2020
  • No prep’ and ‘highly misinformed about Australia’ is absolutely my hope.
    Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, 4 Jan. 2019
  • The Left’s decision to attack the intentions of conservatives — to treat them as enemies rather than misinformed friends — was bound to lead conservatives to do the same, with relish.
    Ben Shapiro, National Review, 1 Nov. 2017
  • CureVac has made the news recently because of a misinformed factoid that it was being purchased by President Donald Trump.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2020
  • Standing up for free markets, against their misinformed enemies.
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 19 Mar. 2024

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