uninformation

English

Etymology

From un- (“not”) +‎ information.

Noun

uninformation (uncountable)

  1. Unwanted, useless, needless, or untrue information; misinformation
    • 1994, A. Dwight Baldwin, Judith De Luce, Carl Pletsch, Beyond Preservation: Restoring and Inventing Landscapes:
      Just as difficult a question as whether nature is at an end, and culture a confusing and relentless mess of distracting uninformation, is whether rituals of any kind can be reinvested with significance and genuine function.
    • 2010, Everett Zhang, Arthur Kleinman, Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience:
      The GLF provided the hotbed for the system of uninformation and the culture of deception to flourish.
    • 2012, Joel Katz, Designing Information:
      Uninformation is stuff that isn't necessarily important and that probably isn't untrue.
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