untrue
pronunciation
How to pronounce untrue in British English:
UK [ʌnˈtru:]
How to pronounce untrue in American English:
US [ʌnˈtru]
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- Adjective:
- not according with the facts
- not true to an obligation or trust
- not accurately fitted; not level
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
Word Origin
- untrue (adj.)
- Old English untreowe "unfaithful" (of persons), from un- (1) "not" + true (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongetrouwe, Middle Low German ungetruwe, Old High German ungitriuwi, Old Norse utryggr. Meaning "contrary to facts" is attested from c. 1300.
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Example
- 1. You only need " faith " to believe the untrue or unprovable .
- 2. The company initially said only one reporter was aware of the invasive reporting tactics , an assertion proved untrue by later events .
- 3. This is patently untrue , he points out .
- 4. My view is that any one account of literature is untrue -- that is , reductive ; merely polemical .
- 5. Carrefour says that the report is " inaccurate " but does not say it is " untrue " and is not prepared to comment further .