misinformedadj.
/ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːmd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsᵻnˈfɔrmd/ Wrongly informed; having or based on misleading or incorrect information.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [adjective] > wrongly informed
misinformedc1447
c1447 in F. M. Nichols Lawford Hall (1891) App. 23 The said pe de gre aboue is mysse enfourmed..of weddyng of Agnes Forde.
1595 R. Southwell Humble Supplic. to Her Maiestie 30 Your highnesse..would..not..viewe vs in the mirror of a misse-informed minde.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. vi. 85 She abuses Her mis-inform'd beholders eye.
1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §6 in Wks. (1871) III. 304 I own myself misinformed, and shall gladly be found in a mistake.
1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iii. 77 They have mouldred away their time in inactivity, misinformed husbandry, and ineffectual endeavours.
1815 A. Burn in Mem. (1816) iii. 121 A weak and misinformed conscience.
1895 Times 9 Jan. 4/4 A few of the less important ones [sc. statements] were found to be misinformed or misleading.
1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 104/2 Let such misinformed scoffers get hep to the facts.
1981 J. Simon Paradigms Lost xi. 213 Misinformed attacks on Old Fogeydom..invariably represent us as people who shudder at a split infinitive.
Derivatives
ˌmisinˈformedly adv. rare
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1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. M2 He made an Oration before the Maids of Honour, and not before her Maiestie, as heretofore I misinformedly set down.
1994 Interview (Nexis) Mar. 112 A mainstream star who has taken on a role about a subject that has been tragically stigmatized and misinformedly ghettoized.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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