1
as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
"the sky is purple" is an untrue statement
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as in false
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
untrue to his country in its time of need
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Recent Examples of untrue
The first is that the task of governance, always hard, gets harder when true and untrue information is fired from every cellphone tower and when the public has no political memory to speak of.
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Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The White House said the report is untrue.
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Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
This is, to begin with, obviously untrue.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
The statement also said that earlier reports that a case had been detected in DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, have been proven to be untrue.
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Andrew Joseph,
STAT,
17 May 2026
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Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The White House said the report is untrue.
—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
This is, to begin with, obviously untrue.
—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
The statement also said that earlier reports that a case had been detected in DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, have been proven to be untrue.
—
Andrew Joseph,
STAT,
17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrue
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In addition, the trial judge gave the jury erroneous instructions, the appeals court ruled.
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But such fine evidence of the erroneous human touch in the publishing process is, of course, cherished by collectors of this day.
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The charge alleges a person knowingly defrauded another by using false or misleading information to obtain money, property, credit or a loan.
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Opponents of Amendment 5 have flatly called the advertisement misleading or false.
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This commonly results from inaccurate color representation, poor fit or discrepancies between the physical item and its depiction on the website.
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Choi said McGee would use terminology that could have swayed a jury and sometimes provided an inaccurate window for a time of death.
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And at the very center of Hell is Satan himself, the traitorous Archangel Lucifer, depicted as a monstrous creature with wings and three heads.
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Russell fabricates a lie with the rest of the villains, and the heroes believe it, despite a warning from one traitorous tribemate.
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Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway.
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At the same time, The New York Times reported that Google’s AI Overviews produced incorrect answers roughly one in 10 times.
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Local computing can shorten response times and keep critical software running even when network links become unreliable.
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Existing safety tools were unreliable, so Adler decided to design a new one.
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Something told me that there was something wrong.
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The interest rate hypothesis points the wrong direction — the most rate-sensitive occupations, like construction, have the lowest AI exposure.
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“Untrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrue. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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