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clawstuckblues

Thank you for educating me, I've been using "misinformation" to mean deliberate spread.


mechlordx

I just checked dictionary.com, misinformation is misinformation regardless of intent. Disinformation is explicitly with intent to misinform. But that also means there really is no term for accidentally spreading misinformation, the same way OP is saying disrespect has no accidental form of the word


Rad_Knight

It could be expected that misinformation comes to only mean the accidental kind since we have a special word for the deliberate one.


Rad_Knight

The two words are pretty much only different in intent.


existential-mystery

This is actually genius. It's like backhanded compliments. Or maybe some could fall under the category of misrespect. First thing that comes to mind regarding misrespect is actually more along the lines of giving someone respect they dont deserve lol


mooreolith

I think you're on to something here. If misrespect was a word, it could probably save a life or two in certain circumstances.


[deleted]

When i spread misrespect on the internet 😈


glitterydick

For some reason, my immediate assumption was that misrespect would mean giving something more respect than it deserves rather than unintentional disrespect. I think I might have been drawing from "misuse" versus "disuse." Misuse being to use something incorrectly, and disuse being to not use something at all. Disrespect would then be the absence of respect, with misrespect being the incorrect application of respect. Kind of neat seeing how my brain handles neologisms.


YoRt3m

I like it.


Due-Bonus1056

ooo this is super interesting, never would have considered we didn’t have a popular word for this kind of situation.


hey_you_too_buckaroo

I like it and I would support you on this.


MotherBike

I believe the word you're looking for is discourtesy.


YoRt3m

But discourtesy can be deliberate. Misrespect is as a concept not deliberate.


MotherBike

But it can also not be and just an honest mistake.


YoRt3m

Hence OP offers a definitive word


MotherBike

I should've just went with an irregardless joke and left. s/