Adjective

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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

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Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation

Spurious, artificial.

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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.

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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:whose false foundation waves have swept away

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

(lb) Out of tune.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:

And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.

Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.

* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:

Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.