Misfact
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Misfact is a noun meaning (rare, countable) A wrong or untrue piece of information.
Meaning
(rare, countable) A wrong or untrue piece of information.
More Meanings
- (rare, uncountable) Misinformation.
Example Sentences
All summer long, I was busy battling the assistant chief who continued to cry the criminally libelous misfact.
These transformations often occur because the "treatment" has unlocked the genetic or evolutionary "potential" being bottled up by our own inadequacies as humans — social commentary and science misfact in one big melange.
It is most unfortunate that FILM SOCIETY REVIEW chose to print an article about the Fourth National Student Film Festival filled with statements of misfact which raised so many questions concerning the objectives of the Festival's sponsor, […]
Word Forms
- misfacts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misstatement, misstep, misprision, mistruth, misinfo, mislead.
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