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untrue

[ uhn-troo ]

adjective

, un·tru·er, un·tru·est.
  1. not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.

    Synonyms: erroneous, unfounded, groundless

  2. unfaithful; false.
  3. incorrect or inaccurate.


untrue

/ ʌnˈtruː /

adjective

  1. incorrect or false
  2. disloyal
  3. diverging from a rule, standard, or measure; inaccurate


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Derived Forms

  • unˈtrueness, noun
  • unˈtruly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • un·trueness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of untrue1

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

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Example Sentences

The base viewed the election as having been stolen and wanted Republicans to reflect that belief, however untrue.

Those people who stood there asking the questions KNOW what they are claiming is untrue yet they quote, re-quote and link to one another story after story that began as lies and grew into bigger ones.

Editors follow policies meant to keep out anything untrue, such as requiring sources for all claims.

The result is reminiscent of Oscar Wilde’s essay, Decay of Lying, and its concluding revelation that “the telling of beautiful untrue things is the proper aim of Art.”

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It wasn’t that Powell said things that were obviously untrue.

Maxwell was not available for comment but has described all claims against her as “untrue” and “obvious lies.”

Maxwell was not available for comment describes all claims against her as “untrue” and “obvious lies.”

“The statement of me dating a sex offender is totally untrue,” she said.

If they are untrue, I can understand your irritation, yet you have never roundly denied them.

These descriptions are patently untrue of the three boys whose statements formed the basis of the original indictment.

It made all our explanations seem childish and untrue; the false relation was instantly exposed.

But I do object to the addition of news which is untrue, and which can surely be seen through by any reading public.

But I have enough mental acuteness to see that the religion of Jeremy Taylor was cowardly, and gloomy, and untrue.

Somebody presumes to contradict him, and clearly proves to him that what he says is untrue.

The protestations of Mr. O'Connell were as insincere as his statements were historically untrue.

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