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unfactual en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + factual.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not factual.
    • The Council awarded the annual Doublespeak award to the Republican National Committee. The winners each year are public officials who have "perpetuated language that is grossly unfactual, deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing or self-contradictory." 1982 December 18, Fernando Chang Muy, quoting National Council of Teachers of English, “A Lesson on Gay Students At Teachers' Convention”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 3: