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untrue
[ uhn-troo ]
adjective
- not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
Synonyms: erroneous, unfounded, groundless
- unfaithful; false.
- incorrect or inaccurate.
untrue
/ ʌnˈtruː /
adjective
- incorrect or false
- disloyal
- diverging from a rule, standard, or measure; inaccurate
Derived Forms
- unˈtruly, adverb
- unˈtrueness, noun
Other Words From
- un·trueness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
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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