@CunningLinguist False synonyms. deceptive, delusive, delusory, distorted, fallacious, fictitious, illusory, misleading
amiss, askew, awry
deceitful, dishonest, fraudulent, lying, mendacious
unconfirmed, unproven, untested
fabricated, invented, made-up, trumped-up. So still a LIE or fictitious whether a person meant to mislead or not. Also why if you make an error statement people will say, I’m sorry, my mistake, it was a lie and then follow it up with the truth. You can believe in a lie and tell it like its the truth but it’s still a lie. By the way the OP question ask if you aren’t aware its a lie are you still lying. The answer is in the question. It makes no difference if you are aware or not. A lie is still a lie and if your are spreading that lie then yes you are lying. That is my point.