Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To give disinformation to.
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- verb transitive To supply with
disinformation .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I'm convineced that Hadenough is the moniker for several paid Hillary operatives who post round-the-clock intending to "disinform" and disrupt.
Happy Hour Roundup 2009
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No doubt the SADF will once again feel obliged to "disinform" us about how many actually do turn up.
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The nation is extremely divided on so many issues, and to see this demagogue deliberately disinform his viewers, incite extremists of his party to act without thinking and re-write history and facts to disinform the low-information viewer is particularly harmful to the fabric of the nation.
Think Progress » Apple and other advertisers have ‘abandoned’ Fox News because of Glenn Beck. 2010
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He says the media is there to disinform, confuse – not to explain.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Judges quarrel live on TV and scandalize the country 2009
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Which includes strategies like doing crappy things that bring in lots of donations which can be used to disinform the public to maximice votes or just to do what voters want, since voterse are a non representative minority of the population.
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As long as Fox News enjoys a high percentage of viewers/voters, as long as they proclaim themselves to be the most “trusted” “fair and balanced” network without challenge, as long as they continue to lie, distort facts, mischaracterize news, disinform, misinform and propagandize their audience, as long as they are the only ubiquitous TV channel no matter where you may be located in America, nothing is going to change.
Think Progress » Obama: Gitmo Has ‘Been Subject To A Lot Of…Pretty Rank Politics’ 2010
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He would have been condemned most ferociously by Socrates who thought the worst harm you could do to anyone was to disinform them.
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To loose new voter registrations, disqualify some because they are missing a punctuation mark, initimidate at the polls, challenge voters, disinform them, etc.
Obama Leads By Over Five Points In Pre-Debate Tracking Polls 2009
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Why would CBS agree to disinform the American public about flying saucers on behalf of the CIA?
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Given that, the only reason to introduce the Laffer squiggle in such a debate is to disinform.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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