untruthful
[uhn-trooth-fuh l]
- not truthful; wanting in veracity; diverging from or contrary to the truth; not corresponding with fact or reality.
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Origin of untruthful
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Examples from the Web for untruthful
Contemporary Examples
“So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful or least untruthful manner, by saying, ‘No,’” he told Mitchell.
He said it was the least “untruthful” response he could think of.
Unfortunately, however, the legacy of Malcolm X was too often subject to unlawful, untruthful, and unfair reporting.
How Betty Shabazz Persevered After Her Husband, Malcolm X, Was KilledIlyasah Shabazz
February 2, 2013
Then there is his reliance on sources who have proven time and again to be untruthful.
During the three-minute broadcast, Sandusky vilified his young accusers, calling them untruthful, dramatic, and attention seekers.
Historical Examples
Ah, then you admit you were untruthful when you said you laughed because you saw me?
In a Steamer Chair and Other StoriesRobert Barr
Nature is real, and why should man alone be untruthful and unreal?
A Day's RideCharles James Lever
There can be no question that he was idle, untruthful, and unreliable.
A Great ManArnold Bennett
I had no idea how insolent and untruthful these half-castes were.
'Twixt Land & SeaJoseph Conrad
And my opinion is that you are as uncivil as I've proved you to be untruthful.
The RescueJoseph Conrad
untruthful
- (of a person) given to lying
- diverging from the truth; untrue
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