nonfactual

adjective

non·​fac·​tu·​al ˌnän-ˈfak-chə-wəl 

-chəl,

-chü-əl,

-ˈfaksh-wəl

: not relating to, concerned with, or based on facts : not factual

nonfactual statements/information

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The Erik Wemple Blog asked the Times for another example of an editor’s note apologizing for nonfactual issues. —Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022

Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022

Johnson habitually spouts a bold opinion or nonfactual declaration into the universe, only to have the universe voice its displeasure. —Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021

And many of my mainstream-media colleagues can accept the majority of accountability for this tragic development through biased, nonfactual and incomplete reporting that has pretty much degenerated into talking heads venting their specific agendas. —Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2020

The cold calculated coercion of the executive order came after Twitter made the editorial decision to add factual information to balance the nonfactual statements of the President. —Tom Wheeler, Time, 29 May 2020

Dear Amy: My half-sister has been posting inflammatory and nonfactual information on Facebook about her adoptive family. —Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above