misinformation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   false or inaccurate information, whether spread deliberately or by mistake

   Health officials issued a correction after misinformation about the vaccine spread online.

Formed from mis-, 'wrongly or badly,' and information. The word is attested from the sixteenth century. In current usage it often contrasts with disinformation: misinformation is false regardless of intent, while disinformation is deliberately deceptive.

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