1
: not faithful : disloyal
discovered his friends were untrue
untrue to one's duty
2
: not according with a standard of correctness : not level or exact
untrue doors
3
: not according with the facts : false
… led the witness almost immediately, in his deposition, into a demonstrably untrue answer—
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He made untrue statements to the press.
Her lover had been untrue.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
And if editors painted me in that light, that would be so untrue to the narrative and untrue to the show.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
The judge was referring to the successive list of four African countries where officials had sought to remove Abrego Garcia seemingly without commitments from those countries, as well as officials' affirmations that Costa Rica withdrew its offer to accept him, a claim later proven untrue.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
King, who shared the review, viewed it as retaliatory and untrue.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Untrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrue. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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