factlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈfaktləs/, U.S.

/ˈfæk(t)ləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fact n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < fact n. + -less suffix.

Having no basis in fact; containing no facts; inaccurate.

ΚΠ

1830 J. Galt Southennan III. xix. 151 I will retire, for I cannot vindicate myself against factless imaginations. I am innocent; but how may that be proven against suspicion which condescends on no circumstance.

1868 Times 10 Apr. 4/5 A novel, being a factless creation, a mere series of illusions, has no right, if dull, to exist at all.

1918 Michigan Law Rev. 16 597 Is a judgment based on factless pleadings entitled to ‘full faith and credit’ under the Constitution of the United States, in a sister state?

1952 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 29 Oct. 13 a/1 I was as surprised as Mayor Glade when the absolutely factless statements concerning the college were called to my attention.

2013 Townsville (Austral.) Bull. (Nexis) 24 Aug. 42 It serves the Greens well; all this factless scaremongering.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	factless
释义	factlessadj. Brit. /ˈfaktləs/, U.S. /ˈfæk(t)ləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fact n., -less suffix. Etymology: < fact n. + -less suffix. Having no basis in fact; containing no facts; inaccurate. ΚΠ 1830 J. Galt Southennan III. xix. 151 I will retire, for I cannot vindicate myself against factless imaginations. I am innocent; but how may that be proven against suspicion which condescends on no circumstance. 1868 Times 10 Apr. 4/5 A novel, being a factless creation, a mere series of illusions, has no right, if dull, to exist at all. 1918 Michigan Law Rev. 16 597 Is a judgment based on factless pleadings entitled to ‘full faith and credit’ under the Constitution of the United States, in a sister state? 1952 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 29 Oct. 13 a/1 I was as surprised as Mayor Glade when the absolutely factless statements concerning the college were called to my attention. 2013 Townsville (Austral.) Bull. (Nexis) 24 Aug. 42 It serves the Greens well; all this factless scaremongering. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1830
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