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misfact

misfact noun: a wrong or untrue piece of information.

Noun

misfact (countable and uncountable, plural misfacts)

  1. (countable, rare) A wrong or untrue piece of information.
    • 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.2003, Jay S Hosler, Sandwalk Adventures, page 148
    • All summer long, I was busy battling the assistant chief who continued to cry the criminally libelous misfact.2011, Roger Chiang, Travails To Truth: My Peace From Prison, page 8
  2. (rare, uncountable) Misinformation.
    • 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, […]1969, Film Society Review, volume 5, page 13

Forms of misfact

pluralmisfacts

Origin of misfact

From mis- + fact.

Questions about misfact

What does misfact mean?
Misfact means a wrong or untrue piece of information.
What part of speech is misfact?
Misfact is a noun.
What is the plural of misfact?
The plural of misfact is misfacts.

Words near misfact in the dictionary

  1. misextrapolations
  2. misfabricate
  3. misfabricated
  4. misfabricates
  5. misfabricating
  6. misfact
  7. misfactor
  8. misfactored
  9. misfactoring
  10. misfactors
  11. misfacts

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