Untrue
[ʌn'truː] or [ʌn'tru]
Definition
(adj.) not true to an obligation or trust; 'is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty'-Bruno Laske .
(adj.) not according with the facts; 'unfortunately the statement was simply untrue' .
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Definition
(a.) Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.
(a.) Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal.
(adv.) Untruly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. False, not true.[2]. Faithless, treacherous, apostate, recreant.
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Definition
adj. not true: false: not faithful: disloyal: not in accordance with a standard.—ns. Untrue′ness state of being untrue; Untru′ism something palpably untrue.—adv. Untru′ly not truly falsely.—n. Untruth falsehood: a lie.—adj. Untruth′ful.—adv. Untruth′fully.—n. Untruth′fulness.
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Examples
- Since Miss Keeldar and you came I have been--I was going to say happier, but that would be untrue. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In these many years I have never been untrue to you in a single thought. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You are so false, and untrue, how could you know anything? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That's obviously untrue. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But then I suppose you will say that what he creates is untrue. Plato. The Republic.
- It was so wicked, so untrue and ungrateful, how could I say it! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Do you not think it wrong to affirm and reaffirm what is substantially untrue? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Well, I'll tell you: in almost everything she says, there's something true and something untrue. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In brief, Fosco, at this serious crisis, was untrue to himself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What is the good of your talking about love--you untrue spectre of a woman! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Our untrue ideas are significant because they influence our lives enormously. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They must be gently requested not to abuse hell; they may be reminded that their stories are both untrue and discouraging. Plato. The Republic.
- No one can any longer dismiss the fantasy because it is logically inconsistent, superficially absurd, or objectively untrue. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Nothing in the evidence warrants such a supposition, and other things show it to be untrue. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What shall we call an idea, objectively untrue, but practically of the highest importance? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Your words are such as ought not to be used: violent, unfeminine, and untrue. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I have no hope of its being untrue, but at least I may verify it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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