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untrue

[ uhn-troo ]

/ ʌnˈtru /

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adjective, un·tru·er, un·tru·est.

not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.

unfaithful; false.

incorrect or inaccurate.

Origin of untrue

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

SYNONYMS FOR untrue

1 groundless, unfounded, erroneous.

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OTHER WORDS FROM untrue

un·true·ness, noun

Words nearby untrue

untreated, untried, untrimmed, untrod, untroubled, untrue, untruss, untrustworthy, untruth, untruthful, untuck

Example sentences from the Web for untrue

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

From Playboy Prince to Dirty Old Man? |Tom Sykes |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Maxwell was not available for comment describes all claims against her as “untrue” and “obvious lies.”

Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’ |Tom Sykes |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
If they are untrue, I can understand your irritation, yet you have never roundly denied them.

Dear John, It Gets Better: A Letter to Travolta |Tim Teeman |July 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When I asked the conservative, Jewish New York Times columnist David Brooks, he dismissed it as “untrue.”

President Obama Needs to Defend Chuck Hagel If He Is Nominated for Secretary of Defense |Peter Beinart |December 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

When I asked the conservative, Jewish New York Times columnist David Brooks, he dismissed it as “untrue.”

Hey Obama: Defend Chuck Hagel! |Peter Beinart |December 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The whole world may believe it and yet it be untrue; the whole world may refuse to believe it, and yet it be true.

The Plan of Salvation |John Morgan
All notions of exactions and monopolies, therefore, must be untrue, as applied to those two interests at that day.

The Chainbearer |J. Fenimore Cooper
On Varnishing Day Stanfield urged that the sails were untrue.

Turner |C. Lewis Hind
"Perhaps what the women tell us is untrue," the other suggested.

The Lost Heir |G. A. Henty
I do not say that her connections were splendid, or that she made an absolute msalliance, for that would be untrue.

At His Gates, Vol. 1(of 3) |Margaret Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for untrue

untrue

/ (ʌnˈtruː) /

adjective

incorrect or false

disloyal

diverging from a rule, standard, or measure; inaccurate

Derived forms of untrue

untrueness, noun untruly, adverb