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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
All of that was untrue as well because she was born and raised in India and lived in poverty throughout her childhood.
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Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025
Defamation claims must involve statements that are measurable, like untrue assertion of fact; statements of opinion are not defamatory.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The company previously said the union’s allegations were untrue.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
For the past few years, I have been concerned that my second husband’s story about his first wife may be untrue.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
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Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025
Defamation claims must involve statements that are measurable, like untrue assertion of fact; statements of opinion are not defamatory.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The company previously said the union’s allegations were untrue.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
For the past few years, I have been concerned that my second husband’s story about his first wife may be untrue.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrue
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who had lived as a legal U.S. resident in Maryland for 14 years while working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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The temperature of online discourse can often provide a false reading of a fanbase’s opinion on a manager or a team.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Now their weird discomfort with disease—and their outré views on cancer in particular—is being refracted through a sea of false, indecent speculations.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2025
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After 2024’s data, Gary Mayor Eddie Melton and Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott were critical of the census estimates, saying data collection could be inaccurate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Post-Tribune archives.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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As Justin forges his own way forward, these unnecessary stories and inaccurate assumptions will continue.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The court had to issue a letter stating the interpretation was incorrect.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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If a project fails because the decision to go ahead with the project turns out to be incorrect (which should happen frequently), that failure should not bear on the manager responsible for the project.—
Tim Koller,
Time,
20 May 2025
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The cooling system in her second-story apartment in Albuquerque, New Mexico, had always been unreliable.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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This showed that changes in the truck's speed produced turbulence in the liquid helium, making measurements of its presence unreliable.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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Ship was heading the wrong direction The training ship arrived at New York's Pier 17 and was open to the public to visit from May 13 to 17, according to the Mexican Consulate in New York.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The Final Destination: The NASCAR incident The opening disaster of The Final Destination is a NASCAR race gone horribly wrong.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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“Untrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrue. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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