untrue

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈtɹuː/

Definition of untrue

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. False; not true.
    “She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.”
    “"I know it is true, for an untrue word never passed her lips."”
    “This statement is untrue.”
    “The service aggressively maintained its position until I produced evidence proving it was untrue - including a recording of one of the calls with a senior MI5 officer.”
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adj

  1. False; not true.
    “She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.”
    “"I know it is true, for an untrue word never passed her lips."”
    “This statement is untrue.”
    “The service aggressively maintained its position until I produced evidence proving it was untrue - including a recording of one of the calls with a senior MI5 officer.”
  2. Not faithful or loyal.
    “Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river”
    “Let me be the one you come running to / I'll never be untrue”
    “Tonight you didn't come / And my senses all were reeling / I had a certain scary feeling you'd been untrue”

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Etymology

From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.

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