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: not faithful : disloyal
discovered his friends were untrue
untrue to one's duty
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: not according with a standard of correctness : not level or exact
untrue doors
3
: not according with the facts : false
… led the witness almost immediately, in his deposition, into a demonstrably untrue answer—
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Renata AdlerExamples of untrue in a Sentence
He made untrue statements to the press.
Her lover had been untrue.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
According to a check made here today, reports that Balto — leader of Gunnar Kaasen’s team of Siberian dogs, which made a trip during a blinding blizzard in the last lap of the relay race with diphtheria antitoxin — is dead, are untrue.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
The image and the rhetoric are not only unfair but untrue, said Marlene.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
There is a really harmful and untrue stereotype that bisexual men are actually just gay men.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Untrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrue. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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