untruthful
adjective
not truthful; wanting in veracity; diverging from or contrary to the truth; not corresponding with fact or reality.
untruthfulness
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a word derived from
untruthful.
Example Sentences
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He acknowledged that if the team did quiz Ohtani, they might have been misled by Mizuhara’s untruthfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024
Even so, he said, dismissal of the case was not the appropriate remedy to “adequately dissipate the financial cloud of impropriety and potential untruthfulness found here.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
"As detailed in recent court proceedings reported today involving other officers, there has been a legacy in the Rochester Police Department of untruthfulness," he said, according to WHEC.
From Fox News ● Sep. 2, 2021
One practice in particular has led to conflict - the so-called Brady lists of officers whose prior conduct and untruthfulness in investigations prevent them from testifying.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
And no moral purpose will save us from this untruthfulness unless that purpose is sufficient to inspire the daily drill which brings the power to be true.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
