Meaning

1 senses

  1. To supply with disinformation.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. He spends millions of dollars to disinform people.

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  2. The role of media is to inform and disinform.

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Origin

Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.

Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.

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Forms

disinforms, disinforming, disinformed, disinformed
Base formdisinform · to disinform
3rd person singulardisinforms
Present participledisinforming
Past simpledisinformed
Past participledisinformed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisinform
he, she, itdisinforms

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisinformed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disinformed
he, she, ithas disinformed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disinform

Word family

3 related words
Relateddisinformationmisinform
Deriveddisinformer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
disinclinedisinfectdisinfectantdisinformationdisingenuousdisinherit
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