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untruthfulness

[uhn-trooth-fuhl]

adjective

not truthful; wanting in veracity; diverging from or contrary to the truth; not corresponding with fact or reality.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see un-¹, truthful

Related forms

un·truth·ful·ly, adverb

un·truth·ful·ness, noun

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untruthful (ʌnˈtruːθfʊl)

—*adj*
1.	(of a person) given to lying
2.	diverging from the truth; untrue

un'truthfully

—*adv*

un'truthfulness

—n

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