untruth

noun

un·​truth ˌən-ˈtrüth How to pronounce untruth (audio)
ˈən-ˌtrüth
1
archaic : disloyalty
2
: lack of truthfulness : falsity
3
: something that is untrue : falsehood

Examples of untruth in a Sentence

the untruths he has uttered their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited
Recent Examples on the Web Bluestein is terribly biased and spreads political untruths about our economy and environment. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024 This has been fraught with an unbelievable amount of misinformation and untruths. Nbc Universal, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023 Maybe Ex has disseminated some untruths about the relationship; your friends will stand by you and who cares about the others. Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023 An Adams untruth will not be outrageously grandiose and grifty, like those told by Representative George Santos. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023 And both, this past week, were accused of the same transgression – a failure to tell the truth, and telling further untruths when investigators pressed them. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2023 Kaitlan Collins spent Wednesday night going toe to toe on live TV with a former U.S. President who refused to acknowledge her fact-checking of his many conspiracy theories and untruths, then berated her and talked over her. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2023 Yet on the outskirts of Kendall’s storm of untruths, there are Shiv and Tom at least temporarily finding their way back to each other by finally being frank. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023 Michelle Wolf, summoned to roast the Trump administration, was run out of town for noting that its chief spokesperson routinely trafficked in untruths. Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 1 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of untruth was before the 12th century

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“Untruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untruth. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

untruth

noun
un·​truth ˌən-ˈtrüth How to pronounce untruth (audio)
ˈən-
1
: lack of truthfulness : falsity
2
: something that is untrue : falsehood, lie

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