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English
Etymology
From un- + factual.
Adjective
unfactual (not comparable)
- Not factual.
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: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."