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uninformation

uninformation noun: unwanted, useless, needless, or untrue information; misinformation.

Noun

uninformation (uncountable)

  1. Unwanted, useless, needless, or untrue information; misinformation
    • Just as difficult a question as whether nature is at an end, and culture a confusing and relentless mess of distracting uninformation, is whether rituals of any kind can be reinvested with significance and genuine function.1994, A. Dwight Baldwin, Judith De Luce, Carl Pletsch, Beyond Preservation: Restoring and Inventing Landscapes
    • Uninformation is stuff that isn't necessarily important and that probably isn't untrue.2012, Joel Katz, Designing Information

Origin of uninformation

From un- (“not”) + information.

Questions about uninformation

What does uninformation mean?
Uninformation means unwanted, useless, needless, or untrue information; misinformation.
What part of speech is uninformation?
Uninformation is a noun.

Words near uninformation in the dictionary

  1. uninfluentially
  2. uninfolded
  3. uninforceable
  4. uninforced
  5. uninform
  6. uninformation
  7. uninformative
  8. uninformatively
  9. uninformativeness
  10. uninformed
  11. uninformedly

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