All 3 Uses

fallacious
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David Copperfield
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We have turned our attention to that experiment, on the suggestion of my family, and we find it fallacious.'†
Chpt 28-30

fallacious = not correct
This was small consolation, but Miss Mills wouldn't encourage fallacious hopes.
Chpt 37-39 *

fallacious = mistaken (based on incorrect information or belief)
'Madam,' returned Mr. Micawber, 'it was the dream of my youth, and the fallacious aspiration of my riper years.'†
Chpt 52-54

fallacious = not correct

Definitions:

(1) (fallacious)
not correct
- typically describing something as mistaken due to incorrect information or belief
- sometimes describing something as an intentional lie
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)