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   untrue

   /ʌnˈtruː/

   adjective

   • 1. not in accordance with fact or reality; false or incorrect: "these suggestions are totally untrue" Similar falseuntruthfulfabricatedmade upinventedconcoctedtrumped uperroneousin errorwrongincorrectinaccurateinexactflawedspeciousfallaciousunsoundunfoundedmisguideddistortedoutmisleadingfictitiousfabulousmythicalmythologicalhumorous:economical with the truthOpposite truecorrect
   • 2. not faithful or loyal: "a despotic sheik can be untrue to his vast seraglio" Similar unfaithfuldisloyalfaithlessfalsefalse-heartedtreacheroustraitorousperfidiousdeceitfuldeceivinguntrustworthyduplicitousdouble-dealingtwo-facedJanus-facedinsincereunreliableundependableinconstantadulterousinformal:two-timingOpposite truefaithful
   • 3. incorrectly positioned or balanced; not upright or level.

   Word Origin Old Englishuntrēowe ‘unfaithful’ (see un-1, true).

   Derivatives

   • 1. untruly adverb

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