Untrue

//ʌnˈtɹuː// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    False; not true.

    "She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue."

  2. 2
    Not faithful or loyal.

    "Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful wordnet
  2. 2
    not accurately fitted; not level wordnet
  3. 3
    not true to an obligation or trust wordnet
  4. 4
    not according with the facts wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unfaithfulfalseinconstantfalseinaccurateincorrect

Example

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"The rumor, after all, turned out untrue."

Etymology

From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.

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