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unfact

American  
[uhn-fakt] / ʌnˈfækt /

noun

Informal.
  1. a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.


Etymology

Origin of unfact

First recorded in 1885–90; un- 1 + fact

Example Sentences

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This is the usual half-truth and whole unfact.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

But the unfact is stated for a purpose: here the Reviewer mounts the high horse and poses as the Magister Morum per excellentiam.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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