adjective
definition
False; not true.
example
She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.
synonyms
definition
Not faithful or loyal.
synonyms
Examples of untrue in a Sentence
It was untrue to be sure, but still it was terrible, and she could not help thinking of it.
It wasn't completely untrue; Mr. Tim was in Colorado.
The history of this untrue relation is curious.
Whatever the reason, a journalist whose story turns out to be inaccurate, unfair or untrue will very justifiably earn public derision.
So the first question is what is his real motive for saying something so untrue?
This grotesque and obscene version of events is plainly untrue.
Police charged him with making an untrue statement in order to obtain a passport.
Can an untrue story tell the truth about human nature or how we should behave?
The common assertion that a boy needs a father is being shown to simply be untrue.
They want to get a clear picture of the individual, not something that is untrue, exaggerated or otherwise insignificant to them.
She claims that it is untrue but there are others who feel that it did happen.
In reading the service he altered or omitted phrases which seemed to him untrue, and in reading the Scriptures pointed out errors in the translation.
As the great anarchist fantasist Michael Moorcock has pointed out, this is precisely untrue.
We cannot believe a proposition which we know to be untrue.
Then our news sources were delighted to pound us with horror stories of wholesale slaughter - which turned out to be entirely untrue.
The whole place is just so tasteful it is untrue.
This is demonstrably untrue in the majority of cases.
Donât let the fact that this is manifestly untrue shake your resolve.
It is totally untrue that wage checks have not always been honored.
However, their claim to reach the Windmill proved untrue.
It is also an expression that is rapidly becoming untrue for two reasons.
If it rings untrue in any aspect, then it feels as tho the reality is being twisted simply to serve the comedy.
A "paradox" has been compared with a "paralogism" (7rapa, X6 yos, reason), as that which is contrary to opinion only and not contrary to reason, but it is frequently used in the sense of that which is really absurd or untrue.
Rooney was also awarded damages of £ 450,000 from News International for similar untrue allegations.
We do not have to go on believing untrue stories, Bauer said.
The traditional charge of cannibalism has been very persistent; but it is entirely denied by the islanders themselves, and is now and probably always has been untrue.
Yet it would be unjust to ignore the many brilliant and sometimes valuable thoughts that are scattered throughout the writings on Naturphilosophie - thoughts to which Schelling himself is but too frequently untrue.
He tried also, as far as he could, to distinguish between the certain, the probable, the doubtful and the untrue.
The old charge of cannibalism may be generally said to be quite untrue.
He is frequently untrue to the more comprehensive conception which dominates his work as a whole.
As advertising hyperbole it certainly sounded impressive--even if it was untrue.
Well, at least he quietly dropped his demonstrably untrue prior claim that tolls are a useful anti-congestion measure.
He later admitted that he had provided untrue information to the Inland Revenue.
The claim that Muslims acted only in defense is patently untrue.
It is quite untrue to say that there is nothing outside the Orthodox Church.
But Mick Cull (Sheffield) said it was untrue to suggest otherwise -- branches got all the help they needed.
It is quite untrue to claim that there has been any kind of a crackdown.
Completely untrue of course but how do we persuade them otherwise?
This can make it seem as though ocean pollution is out of our hands, however this is untrue.
This trend is one instance wherein the labels not only don't tell the whole story; they often make up a story that is completely untrue.
This is untrue and the palm tree can grow in almost any type of soil as long as they are kept well-drained and in temperatures of 72 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
Early reports suggested a heart attack or an overdose of anti depressants, but these suggestions proved to be untrue.
Jamie Lynn always seemed the most level headed of the Spears sister, but that assumption turned out to be decidedly untrue when she announced in January 2007 that, at the age of 16, she is pregnant.
All of which proved to be untrue until recently when word got out that the music power couple applied for a marriage license in the small town of Scarsdale Village, New York, located about 30 minutes away from their TriBeCa loft.
Again, ringing very similar to Tiger Woods' ongoing ordeal, Jesse James issued a strange public apology stating that although most of the allegations were untrue, he was "...sorry for the grief" he has caused his wife and children.
Although this is typically untrue, networking with other homeschoolers does provide extra opportunities to spend time with their peers.
It also isn't untrue to say that you had advanced as far as possible in your former position, and so are looking for a new job with opportunities for long term success.
Women with longer hair may feel their hair loss is more severe because of the length and mass of hair that sheds; however, this is most likely untrue.
While it has never been conclusively proven that the story of the Amityville Horror is untrue, subsequent owners of the home have had no experiences in the house, and the Lutz family now says that their story is "mostly true".
There are also a number of other women have said that, although they do find the shoes comfortable, they think the toning claim is completely untrue and won't buy them again.