ill-informed
Lacking crucial facts
Ill-informed means lacking adequate knowledge or information about something.
An ill-informed decision is made without understanding the relevant facts.
An ill-informed voter doesn't know enough about candidates or issues.
The word suggests the person could have known better if they'd done their homework: His ill-informed comments revealed he hadn't read the report.
Lacking knowledge of something
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
unenlightened · unschooled · uninstructed · unlearned · benighted · unversed · unacquainted · uninitiated
Containing factual mistakes
- incorrectNot accurate or true
- wrongContrary to fact
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
- falseNot matching reality
misguided · faulty · flawed · misconstrued · misinterpreted · misjudged · unfounded · baseless
Caused to believe falsely
- deceivedMisled into false belief
- dupedDeceived into believing
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
hoax · fabrication · distortion · manipulation · conspiracy · rumor · falsehood · brainwashed
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- trustingInclined to believe others
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
unworldly · green · impressionable · unsuspecting · easily-led · uncritical · unquestioning · unseasoned
Unfairly favoring one side
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- bigotedStubbornly intolerant of others
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- blinkeredHaving restricted outlook
one-sided · partisan · close-minded · parochial · insular · provincial · myopic · shortsighted
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- obliviousLacking any awareness
uneducated · unenlightened · unschooled · uninstructed · unlearned · benighted · unversed · unacquainted · uninitiated · untutored
erroneous
Containing factual mistakes
- incorrectNot accurate or true
- wrongContrary to fact
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
false · misguided · faulty · flawed · misconstrued · misinterpreted · misjudged · unfounded · baseless · unsound
misled
Caused to believe falsely
- deceivedMisled into false belief
- dupedDeceived into believing
- propagandaBiased information for influence
fake news · hoax · fabrication · distortion · manipulation · conspiracy · rumor · falsehood · brainwashed · indoctrinated
gullible
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- trustingInclined to believe others
inexperienced · unworldly · green · impressionable · unsuspecting · easily-led · uncritical · unquestioning · unseasoned · wide-eyed
biased
Unfairly favoring one side
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- bigotedStubbornly intolerant of others
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
blinkered · one-sided · partisan · close-minded · parochial · insular · provincial · myopic · shortsighted · dogmatic
ill-informedwell-informed
Having much knowledge
knowledgeable · informed · well-versed · educated · aware
ill-informedexpert
Highly skilled practitioner
authoritative · versed · schooled · grounded · briefed
inform, information, informed, misinformation, uninformed, informative, informing, informer, informant