misinformative

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UK/mɪsɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/Canada, US/mɪsɪnˈfɔɹmətɪv/Canada, US[mɪsɪnˈfɔɹməɾɪv]Australia/mɪsɪnˈfoːmətɪv/

adjective

Providing incorrect information; misleading.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivemisinformative (comparative more misinformative, superlative most misinformative)

comparative more misinformative · superlative most misinformative

  1. Providing incorrect information; misleading.

    But if there is no reason for the view that all object-senses obtained in experience are misinformative about the world, then there is no ground for rejecting the realist concept of the world[…]

    1975, Roman Ingarden, On the Motives Which Led Husserl to Transcendental Idealism, page 57

Origin

Translations

Greek παραπληροφορικός
  • παραπληροφορικός (parapliroforikós)incorrect information
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Chicago

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