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Meaning of untrue in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌənˈtru/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    untrue

    Definitions

    1. not according with the facts

    Examples

    • « unfortunately the statement was simply untrue »
    • « the facts as reported were wrong »

    Synonyms

    • false
  2. 2. not true to an obligation or trust

    Examples

    • « is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty-Bruno Laske »

    Synonyms

    • unfaithful
  3. 3. not accurately fitted

    Examples

    • « not level »
    • « the frame was out of true »
    • « off-level floors and untrue doors and windows »

    Synonyms

    • uneven
  4. 4. (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection

    Examples

    • « unfaithful »
    • « a false friend »
    • « when lovers prove untrue »

    Synonyms

    • inconstant

Famous quotes

  • « The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue. »
    Edward R. Murrow
  • « The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. »
    Antisthenes
  • « Of all lies, art is the least untrue. »
    Gustave Flaubert
  • « When you're young you think that you're going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. »
    Doris Lessing
  • « My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives. »
    Harvey Fierstein

Browse dictionary

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  • untrimmed
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  • untrusting
  • untrustworthiness
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