contrary to fact
Example Sentences
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It rejected the State Department's accusations on the grounds that they were "unfounded and contrary to fact."
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the 120 million citizens of the I those who see these words will nearly all believe them to be flatly contrary to fact, will promptly forget them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not all //statements fall into this category, only those that are undeniably contrary to fact.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
You search your memory for instances belonging under the doubted general statement, in the hope of finding one where the general statement leads to a result that is contrary to fact.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
That any partial fusion of originally distinct chitinous plates takes place in the cephalic shield of Trilobites, comparable to the partial fusion of bony pieces by suture in Vertebrata, is a suggestion contrary to fact.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
