Having wrong or incorrect information; believing things that aren't true because you've been given false facts.
From prefix 'mis-' (wrongly) + 'informed' (given information). The 'mis-' prefix comes from Old English and means badly or wrongly, used to indicate reversal or negation.
Being misinformed is more dangerous than being uninformed—a misinformed person is confident and has false information, while an uninformed person knows they don't know. Confidence in false beliefs causes real problems in politics, health, and science.
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