Untrue

  • 11untrue — [[t]ʌ̱ntru͟ː[/t]] ADJ: usu v link ADJ If a statement or idea is untrue, it is false and not based on facts. The allegations were completely untrue... It was untrue to say that all political prisoners have been released... Such remarks are both… …

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  • 12untrue — un|true [ʌnˈtru:] adj 1.) not based on facts that are correct = ↑false ▪ allegations that are totally untrue ▪ It s untrue to say that the situation has not changed. 2.) literary someone who is untrue to their husband, wife etc is not faithful to …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13untrue — adjective 1 a statement that is untrue does not give the right facts; false 2 literary someone who is untrue to their husband, wife etc is not faithful to them …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14untrue — adjective 1) these suggestions are totally untrue Syn: false, untruthful, fabricated, made up, invented, concocted, trumped up; erroneous, wrong, incorrect, inaccurate; fallacious, fictitious, unsound, unfounded, baseless, m …

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  • 15untrue — UK [ʌnˈtruː] / US [ˌʌnˈtru] adjective 1) not correct, or not based on fact That is simply untrue. It would be untrue to say that she left him. 2) old fashioned not loyal, especially to your husband or wife …

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  • 16untrue — adj. Untrue is used with these nouns: ↑allegation …

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  • 17untrue — un|true [ ,ʌn tru ] adjective 1. ) not correct or not based on fact: That is simply untrue. 2. ) OLD FASHIONED not loyal, especially to your husband or wife ─ opposite TRUE …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18untrue — adj. untrue to …

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  • 19untrue —    having copulated outside marriage    The reverse of true, and also applicable to those who have eschewed the trip up the aisle:     The thought that you might have been untrue... would have broken my heart. (Fraser, 1975) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 20untrue — Prima facie inaccurate, but not necessarily wilfully false. A statement is untrue which does not express things exactly as they are. Zolintakis v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States, C.C.A.Utah, 108 F.2d 902, 905. See misrepresentation …

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