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Python, 24 bytes

lambda n:(8*n+1)**.5%1>0

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Outputs False for triangular numbers, True for the rest. Checks if 8*n+1 is a perfect square. Python's float precision for square roots easily suffices for the challenge limits of n up to a million, first giving a false positive on n=6896076976160002 as found by Deadcode.