untrue

[ uhn-troo ]
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adjective,un·tru·er, un·tru·est.
  1. not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.

  2. unfaithful; false.

  1. incorrect or inaccurate.

Origin of untrue

1
before 1050; Middle English untrewe,Old English un(ge)trēowe;see un-1, true

Other words for untrue

Other words from untrue

  • un·true·ness, noun

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How to use untrue in a sentence

  • A very keen ear is required to appreciate fully the nature of this untrueness to the pitch.

    The Psychology of Singing | David C. Taylor
  • Which being so, the distaste of readers to the contrary sort in books, can hardly arise from any sense of their untrueness.

    The Confidence-Man | Herman Melville

British Dictionary definitions for untrue

untrue

/ (ʌnˈtruː) /


adjective
  1. incorrect or false

  2. disloyal

  1. diverging from a rule, standard, or measure; inaccurate

Derived forms of untrue

  • untrueness, noun
  • untruly, adverb

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