untrue

[uhn-troo]

adjective

untruer, untruest 

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

Other Word Forms

• untrueness noun
• untruly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of untrue¹

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

Example Sentences

The Irish businessman went on to say that Rodgers' assertion that no offer had been made was "simply untrue".

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"But it's fantastic now, that we have established in court that The Lost King is a misleading, defamatory, untrue portrayal of what happened in Leicester back in back in 2012."

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White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson also praised ICE conduct and accused Democrats of making “dangerous, untrue smears.”

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Earlier today, the first group called on Phillips to quit in order to restore trust in the inquiry, accusing her of "betrayal" for describing reports the scope of the inquiry could be widened as "untrue".

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That prompted a response from one of the abuse survivors, Fiona Goddard who said "for Phillips to suggest that any accusations of the scope being expanded .. is untrue is a lie and she knows it".

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Related Words

• apocryphal 
• deceptive 
• distorted 
• erroneous 
• false 
• fictitious 
• inaccurate 
• incorrect 
• misleading 
• mistaken 
• specious 
• spurious 
• unfaithful 
• unsound 
• untruthful 
• wrong