untrue
un·true (un tro̵̅o̅′, un′tro̵̅o̅′)
adjective
- contrary to fact or truth; false or incorrect
- not agreeing with a standard, rule, or measure
- not faithful or loyal
Etymology: ME untrewe < OE untreowe; un-, not + treowe, true
untrue
modif.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- say: So the first question is what is his real motive for saying something so untrue?
Modifies a noun
- allegation: Rooney was also awarded damages of £ 450,000 from News International for similar untrue allegations.
- statement: Police charged him with making an untrue statement in order to obtain a passport.
- story: We do not have to go on believing untrue stories, " Bauer said.
- claim: Well, at least he quietly dropped his demonstrably untrue prior claim that tolls are a useful anti-congestion measure.
- story: Can an untrue story tell the truth about human nature or how we should behave?
- information: He later admitted that he had provided untrue information to the Inland Revenue.
Modifying Another Word
- demonstrably: This is demonstrably untrue in the majority of cases.
- manifestly: Donât let the fact that this is manifestly untrue shake your resolve.
- blatantly: Of course the information was blatantly untrue: - We had received no mails!
- plainly: This grotesque and obscene version of events is plainly untrue.
- totally: It is totally untrue that wage checks have not always been honored.
Infinitive complement
- say: It is quite untrue to say that there is nothing outside the Orthodox Church.
- suggest: But Mick Cull ( Sheffield ) said it was untrue to suggest otherwise -- branches got all the help they needed.
- claim: It is quite untrue to claim that there has been any kind of a crackdown.
Used with adjective complement
- prove: However, their claim to reach the Windmill proved untrue.
- become: It is also an expression that is rapidly becoming untrue for two reasons.
- ring: If it rings untrue in any aspect, then it feels as tho the reality is being twisted simply to serve the comedy.
Preposition: of
- course: Completely untrue of course but how do we persuade them otherwise?
Il accusait toujours les miroirs d'e" tre faux. He was always blaming mirrors for being untrue.
To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, Is a keen observer of life, The word 'Intellectual'suggests straight away A man who's untrue to his wife.
Browse dictionary entries near untrue
- untroubled
- untried
- untread
- untraveled
- untrammeled
- untrained
- untracked
- untoward
- untouched
- untouchable
- untruss
- untrustworthy
- untruth
- untruthful
- untruthfully
- untuck
- untutored
- untwine
- untwist
- ununbium
