misinform
verb /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːm/
/ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːrm/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misinform | /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːm/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːrm/ |
| he / she / it misinforms | /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːmz/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːrmz/ |
| past simple misinformed | /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːmd/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːrmd/ |
| past participle misinformed | /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːmd/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːrmd/ |
| -ing form misinforming | /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːmɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːrmɪŋ/ |
- to give somebody wrong information about something
- be misinformed (about something) They were deliberately misinformed about their rights.
- The parents had been misinformed about the incident.
- a misinformed belief (= based on wrong information)
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- about
- be badly misinformed