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as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
an unintentionally untruthful statement that the candidate later corrected
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as in misleading
telling or containing lies
the political action committee was slammed for spreading untruthful smears about the candidate and his wife
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Recent Examples of untruthful
Phelan, largely brushing off Covey's attacks as politically motivated and untruthful, has stuck to his reputation of having represented the district through several election cycles, running unopposed over the past several, and his work to advance border security legislation and funding last year.
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Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 20 May 2024
Our choice is the person who says the most outrageous, offensive and untruthful things, or the person who is subjected to those insults and lies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
This comes after Adrian Houser was moved to the bullpen after a poor start to the season, after Edwin Diaz was briefly taken out of the closer role and after and Jorge Lopez was designated for assignment for being untruthful and unremorseful in controversial postgame remarks last week.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
So Trump's team really leaned into that to argue that Cohen had lied, had been untruthful on the stand.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
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Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 20 May 2024
Our choice is the person who says the most outrageous, offensive and untruthful things, or the person who is subjected to those insults and lies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
This comes after Adrian Houser was moved to the bullpen after a poor start to the season, after Edwin Diaz was briefly taken out of the closer role and after and Jorge Lopez was designated for assignment for being untruthful and unremorseful in controversial postgame remarks last week.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
So Trump's team really leaned into that to argue that Cohen had lied, had been untruthful on the stand.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untruthful
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According to the Financial Times, the erroneous internal transfer occurred in April 2024 and was missed by a payments employee and a second official assigned to check the transaction before it was cleared to be processed at the start of business the next day.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Our inquiry to the hospital was due to an erroneous order of a separate inpatient stay request.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Feb. 2025
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Though Google made fixes to address some of the most absurd answers, AI Overview still occasionally presents inaccurate information.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
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Improper payments happen when the agency either overpays or underpays benefits due to inaccurate information.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Truth oaths are not just for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service but for many different companies that want to curb dishonest behavior or that ask employees to report information that is difficult to verify.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Greta’s stealth revolution may look natural, but the change is weak and dishonest.—
Armond White,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2025
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In housing, there are numerous examples of how incorrect data has led to adverse decisions affecting people’s lives.—
State Sen. James Maroney,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
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But parents and activists say the numbers are incorrect since the campus consists of newer buildings, constructed decades after the school opened, and older buildings from 1957 that are used for storage, not instruction.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Her unsettling command of the character — who was equal parts sweet, vulnerable, mendacious, and menacing — was one of the highlights of the series.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
24 Dec. 2024
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Two stand out: his profile and endorsement, in 2000, of Ralph Nader’s independent presidential campaign, and his early opposition to George W. Bush’s disastrous and mendacious invasion of Iraq.—
Yiyun Li,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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Notoriously indifferent to anyone on the wrong side of the 25-54 demo, advertisers eat this stuff up with a spork.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Agency leaders must also be mindful of compliance—misleading ads not only attract the wrong people but also risk legal trouble.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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To illustrate, in the United Kingdom vaccinations took a considerable dip in the early 2000s after Wakefield’ false claims of a link between the MMR shot and autism were posted in the media.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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In those documents, West discussed not only how to conduct experiments to implant false memories, instill specific mental disorders, and induce trance states, but also how to hide them.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Untruthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untruthful. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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