1
: not faithful : disloyal
2
: not according with a standard of correctness : not level or exact
3
: not according with the facts : false
Examples of untrue in a Sentence
He made untrue statements to the press.
Her lover had been untrue.
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Any suggestion that our work is connected to funding the war is simply untrue.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
To make Burns more compliant, Nixon aides planted untrue stories about Burns’ wanting a big salary increase while other wages had been frozen.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Russia uses it as an example to support its otherwise untrue criticisms — such as Ukraine being run by neo-Nazis — while American and European politicians hold up such examples to bolster their pre-existing arguments about whether to support Kyiv’s defense against Moscow.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 July 2025
Amin was the creator of a myth that was both manifestly untrue and extraordinarily compelling: that his violent, dysfunctional regime was actually engaged in freeing people from foreign oppressors.
—Derek R. Peterson, The Conversation, 18 July 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
To make Burns more compliant, Nixon aides planted untrue stories about Burns’ wanting a big salary increase while other wages had been frozen.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Russia uses it as an example to support its otherwise untrue criticisms — such as Ukraine being run by neo-Nazis — while American and European politicians hold up such examples to bolster their pre-existing arguments about whether to support Kyiv’s defense against Moscow.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 July 2025
Amin was the creator of a myth that was both manifestly untrue and extraordinarily compelling: that his violent, dysfunctional regime was actually engaged in freeing people from foreign oppressors.
—Derek R. Peterson, The Conversation, 18 July 2025
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“Untrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrue. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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