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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Idaho investigated and determined the claims were untrue.
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Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 8 Mar. 2025
Some Democrats protested by walking out on Trump while others held up placards decrying some of his controversial statements that fact-checkers called untrue.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
His claims to victimhood, Karp pointed out, were empirically untrue but extraordinarily effective.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Additional charges of theft and making untrue statements in relation to securities were dismissed as part of a plea deal.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
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Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 8 Mar. 2025
Some Democrats protested by walking out on Trump while others held up placards decrying some of his controversial statements that fact-checkers called untrue.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
His claims to victimhood, Karp pointed out, were empirically untrue but extraordinarily effective.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Additional charges of theft and making untrue statements in relation to securities were dismissed as part of a plea deal.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Untrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrue. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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