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misinforming

misinforming is the present participle and gerund of misinform.

Meaning of misinform

Verb

misinform (third-person singular simple present misinforms, present participle misinforming, simple past and past participle misinformed)

  1. (transitive) To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to.
    • It is clear that the politician misinformed the public on the issue.

Questions about misinforming

What is misinforming the present participle and gerund of?
Misinforming is the present participle and gerund of misinform.

Words near misinforming in the dictionary

  1. misinformed
  2. misinformedly
  3. misinformedness
  4. misinformer
  5. misinformers
  6. misinforming
  7. misinforms
  8. Mising
  9. misingest
  10. misingested
  11. misingesting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misinforming (page history and authors); misinform (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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