untrue
adjective/ʌnˈtruː/
/ʌnˈtruː/
Word Family
- true adjective (≠ untrue)
- truth noun
- truthful adjective (≠ untruthful)
- truthfully adverb
- truly adverb
- not true; not based on facts
- These accusations are totally untrue.
- an untrue claim
- It is untrue to say that something like this could never happen again.
- untrue (to somebody/something) (formal) not loyal to somebody/something; doing something that hurts or damages somebody/something synonym unfaithful
- If he agreed to their demands, he would have to be untrue to his own principles.
Word OriginOld English untrēowe ‘unfaithful’ (see un-, true).
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