untrue
Americanadjective
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not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
- Synonyms:
- erroneous, unfounded, groundless
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unfaithful; false.
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incorrect or inaccurate.
adjective
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incorrect or false
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disloyal
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diverging from a rule, standard, or measure; inaccurate
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of untrue
before 1050; Middle English untrewe, Old English un ( ge ) trēowe; see un- 1, true
Example Sentences
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Moynihan has more than once used “gainsay,” or to declare something as untrue or invalid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A spokesman for the now Fifa president was reported to have told the paper Infantino "strongly denies these categorically untrue allegations".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
If he was implying that the money was specifically pigeonholed for an accelerated retirement of government securities, that’s untrue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Eddins’ majority applied the false-evidence standard used when prosecutors knowingly present untrue testimony, holding that the state constitution makes the prosecutor’s knowledge irrelevant.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
But now I knew this was untrue, and that I was exactly like other girls.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
And Graham once more snatched her aloft, and she again punished him; and while she pulled his lion's locks, termed him—"The naughtiest, rudest, worst, untruest person that ever was."
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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