untrue

[uhn-troo]

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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

Related formsun·true·ness, noun

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1. groundless, unfounded, erroneous.

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Examples from the Web for untrue

Contemporary Examples

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
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
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
The allegation that changes of regimes following the Arab Spring has rendered the API meaningless is untrue.
5 Arab Spring Opportunities For Israel
Nimrod Goren, Elie Podeh
June 20, 2013
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

Historical Examples

It would be untrue to say that Hester was not interested in the news.
Weighed and Wanting
George MacDonald
It is all untrue; actors were then, as now, only mummers without judgement.
The Man Shakespeare
Frank Harris
In these many years I have never been untrue to you in a single thought.
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
But I will not believe you when you tell me what I know to be untrue.
Alarms and Discursions
G. K. Chesterton
All of which Tony Cornish remembered later; for it was untrue.
Roden's Corner
Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for untrue

untrue

adjective

incorrect or false
disloyal
diverging from a rule, standard, or measure; inaccurate

Derived Formsuntrueness, noununtruly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for untrue

adj.

Old English untreowe "unfaithful" (of persons), from un- (1) "not" + true (adj.). Cf. Middle Dutch ongetrouwe, Middle Low German ungetruwe, Old High German ungitriuwi, Old Norse utryggr. Meaning "contrary to facts" is attested from c.1300.

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Examples from the Web for untrue

Contemporary Examples

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.”

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

The allegation that changes of regimes following the Arab Spring has rendered the API meaningless is untrue.

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

Historical Examples

It would be untrue to say that Hester was not interested in the news.

It is all untrue; actors were then, as now, only mummers without judgement.

In these many years I have never been untrue to you in a single thought.

But I will not believe you when you tell me what I know to be untrue.

All of which Tony Cornish remembered later; for it was untrue.

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Word Origin and History for untrue

adj.

Origin of untrue