That is just an untruth.
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Untruth
//ʌnˈtɹuːθ//
Synonyms for "untruth" (84 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
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Translations
30 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ψεῦδος noun (lie or falsehood)
Bulgarian
3 entries- лъжа noun (lie or falsehood)
- неистина noun (lie or falsehood)
- погрешност noun (the condition of being false)
Czech
1 entries- nepravda noun (lie or falsehood)
Danish
1 entries- usandhed noun (lie or falsehood)
French
3 entries- contrevérité noun (lie or falsehood)
- mensonge noun (lie or falsehood)
- menterie noun (lie or falsehood)
German
1 entries- Unwahrheit noun (lie or falsehood)
Hungarian
2 entries- hazugság noun (lie or falsehood)
- valótlanság noun (lie or falsehood)
Irish
2 entries- ainbhfíor noun (lie or falsehood)
- ainfhírinne noun (lie or falsehood)
Italian
2 entries- bugia noun (lie or falsehood)
- falsità noun (lie or falsehood)
Kikuyu
1 entries- iheeni noun (lie or falsehood)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- usannhet noun (lie or falsehood)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Lieej noun (lie or falsehood)
- Onwoarheit noun (lie or falsehood)
Portuguese
1 entries- inverdade noun (lie or falsehood)
Russian
1 entries- непра́вда noun (lie or falsehood)
Sanskrit
2 entries- असत्य noun (lie or falsehood)
- मिथ्या noun (lie or falsehood)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- neistina noun (lie or falsehood)
- netačnost noun (lie or falsehood)
Swedish
1 entries- osanning noun (lie or falsehood)
Telugu
1 entries- అసత్యము noun (lie or falsehood)
Tocharian B
1 entries- waike noun (lie or falsehood)
Welsh
1 entries- anwiredd noun (lie or falsehood)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.
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