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Definition of untrue in English: untrueadjectiveʌnˈtruːˌənˈtru 1Not in accordance with fact or reality; false or incorrect. 不真实的；假的；不正确的 these suggestions are totally untrue 这些建议与事实完全相悖。 a malicious and untrue story 恶毒而不真实的故事。 Example sentencesExamples - Sometimes, I tell untrue stories about myself to make my life seem more interesting.
- So one of the biggest errors we saw were when they would interview patients, and the patient would tell them some medical fact that was untrue, and they wouldn't check on it.
- Both claims are in fact untrue, but that this was these people's idea of positive propaganda says it all.
- That statement is untrue; in fact the opposite is the case.
- Since the hints and allegations presented thus far are unsupported and in fact untrue, it would be hard indeed to determine their impacts on operations.
- Some of the other matters about exaggeration, invention of untrue stories and so forth, may arguably contravene the section.
- This, in fact, is untrue: there's nothing in the state constitution that prohibits him from recognizing the union.
- A fact being irrelevant is not the same thing as a fact being untrue.
- He told the jury the woman's story was untrue.
- Well, I know for a fact that this is untrue: the old girl merely sent over an old wig and a pair of inflatable waterwings and demanded that all opera glasses were removed from the auditorium.
- This was in fact untrue as the vessel was not damaged and was not in danger of sinking.
- Reports that the former Tasmanian governor was negotiating to sell his story were untrue, a leading public relations company said today.
- Most of the information he had given to Diane earlier was falsified and untrue, and this fact might just lead to the fall of the Northern Coast and its Stands.
- The representation was in fact untrue, but its untruth would only be brought home to them if the outgoings not included were reflected in increased levies on them.
- CBS was embarrassed when it was revealed that they had published a story containing an untrue element.
- He knew this representation of fact to be untrue.
- That is demonstrably false and totally untrue.
- The fact that the story was untrue would not have prevented him from relying on this defence and succeeding in it.
- I do not try to debunk every untrue story, but here are half a dozen.
- If a story was untrue when it was made up, then the passage of millennia does not make it any more true!
Synonyms false, untruthful, fabricated, made up, invented, concocted, trumped up erroneous, in error, wrong, incorrect, inaccurate, inexact flawed, specious, fallacious, unsound, unfounded, misguided, distorted, out, misleading fictitious, fabulous, mythical, mythological humorous economical with the truth 2Not faithful or loyal. 不忠诚的；不忠实的 a despotic sheik can be untrue to his vast seraglio Example sentencesExamples - It came about from an awareness that grew from observing people in Mauritius who had the symptoms of fragmented thinking and were being untrue to their inner feelings.
- ‘I believe in music’ is her motto and she has never been untrue to it.
- This does not give me a feeling of being untrue to myself; quite the contrary.
- Her motto hasn't made her happy, but she's never made herself unhappy by being untrue to herself.
- The screenwriter should give the film its own coherent and persuasive narrative, with an approach that discards the issue of being true or untrue to the original.
- What would all the writers I admired think if they knew one of their own was being untrue to himself?
- She would rather kill herself than be untrue to her Romeo.
- He spots the boyfriend leaving and thinks she is being untrue to him.
- It is pointless to object that Henry is here untrue to himself, when the point is that the old self has been destroyed.
- What I disliked and thought was untrue to the series was the way that the group disintegrated with that death.
- I am surprised at what he said, and I think he has been a bit untrue to this House.
- Hypocrisy, from the Ancient Greek word hypocrites - actor - is the condition of somebody who is untrue to their stated ideals.
- It is not untrue to Poe, whose work is littered with beautiful but dead wives.
- If we'd done that, it would have been untrue to the character and wouldn't have been right for the story.
- It means, of course, almost nothing - how can one be untrue to oneself?
- They will do anything to present a good picture, even if that means being untrue to what they really believe.
- To do voluntary work for any other reason is to be untrue to the very meaning of the term.
- All in all, he and his collaborators have produced a film that, despite its visual impact, is ultimately untrue to the original.
- You must believe you can win, otherwise you're being untrue to yourself.
- Ultimately, our calling is to be true to God, even if that means that we are deemed by our people to be untrue to them.
Synonyms unfaithful, disloyal, faithless, false, false-hearted, treacherous, traitorous, perfidious, deceitful, deceiving, untrustworthy, duplicitous, double-dealing, two-faced, Janus-faced, insincere, unreliable, undependable, inconstant adulterous informal two-timing 3Incorrectly positioned or balanced; not upright or level. 错位的；不平衡的；歪的；倾斜的；不平的 Example sentencesExamples - Our adjustable frame systems allow for untrue walls and our kits are delivered fully assembled.
Derivativesadverbʌnˈtruːliˌənˈtruli It was thought and said by many, not untruly, that the King would not continue a year in government. Example sentencesExamples - It would be a breach of duty, actionable if followed by damage, to tell her untruly that her child had been burnt.
- There still exists a tape recording of my seven year old self narrating a description of one such, whom I untruly described as being dressed in rags since I felt nobody would believe me were I to describe him as wearing the well-cut suit that he was in fact wearing.
- At times, it has been made too easy for autocrats to untruly claim that democracy movements are agents of foreign forces.
- It has been brought to our attention that this was untruly credited and that Joe actually wrote this story.
OriginOld English untrēowe 'unfaithful' (see un-1, true). Definition of untrue in US English: untrueadjectiveˌənˈtruˌənˈtro͞o 1Not in accordance with fact or reality; false or incorrect. 不真实的；假的；不正确的 these suggestions are totally untrue 这些建议与事实完全相悖。 a malicious and untrue story 恶毒而不真实的故事。 Example sentencesExamples - CBS was embarrassed when it was revealed that they had published a story containing an untrue element.
- The fact that the story was untrue would not have prevented him from relying on this defence and succeeding in it.
- He knew this representation of fact to be untrue.
- Well, I know for a fact that this is untrue: the old girl merely sent over an old wig and a pair of inflatable waterwings and demanded that all opera glasses were removed from the auditorium.
- The representation was in fact untrue, but its untruth would only be brought home to them if the outgoings not included were reflected in increased levies on them.
- Most of the information he had given to Diane earlier was falsified and untrue, and this fact might just lead to the fall of the Northern Coast and its Stands.
- Some of the other matters about exaggeration, invention of untrue stories and so forth, may arguably contravene the section.
- He told the jury the woman's story was untrue.
- Since the hints and allegations presented thus far are unsupported and in fact untrue, it would be hard indeed to determine their impacts on operations.
- That is demonstrably false and totally untrue.
- If a story was untrue when it was made up, then the passage of millennia does not make it any more true!
- This, in fact, is untrue: there's nothing in the state constitution that prohibits him from recognizing the union.
- This was in fact untrue as the vessel was not damaged and was not in danger of sinking.
- I do not try to debunk every untrue story, but here are half a dozen.
- Sometimes, I tell untrue stories about myself to make my life seem more interesting.
- Both claims are in fact untrue, but that this was these people's idea of positive propaganda says it all.
- So one of the biggest errors we saw were when they would interview patients, and the patient would tell them some medical fact that was untrue, and they wouldn't check on it.
- Reports that the former Tasmanian governor was negotiating to sell his story were untrue, a leading public relations company said today.
- That statement is untrue; in fact the opposite is the case.
- A fact being irrelevant is not the same thing as a fact being untrue.
Synonyms false, untruthful, fabricated, made up, invented, concocted, trumped up 2predicative Not faithful or loyal. 不忠诚的；不忠实的 Example sentencesExamples - It came about from an awareness that grew from observing people in Mauritius who had the symptoms of fragmented thinking and were being untrue to their inner feelings.
- If we'd done that, it would have been untrue to the character and wouldn't have been right for the story.
- This does not give me a feeling of being untrue to myself; quite the contrary.
- What I disliked and thought was untrue to the series was the way that the group disintegrated with that death.
- ‘I believe in music’ is her motto and she has never been untrue to it.
- It means, of course, almost nothing - how can one be untrue to oneself?
- To do voluntary work for any other reason is to be untrue to the very meaning of the term.
- Her motto hasn't made her happy, but she's never made herself unhappy by being untrue to herself.
- They will do anything to present a good picture, even if that means being untrue to what they really believe.
- What would all the writers I admired think if they knew one of their own was being untrue to himself?
- She would rather kill herself than be untrue to her Romeo.
- The screenwriter should give the film its own coherent and persuasive narrative, with an approach that discards the issue of being true or untrue to the original.
- All in all, he and his collaborators have produced a film that, despite its visual impact, is ultimately untrue to the original.
- Hypocrisy, from the Ancient Greek word hypocrites - actor - is the condition of somebody who is untrue to their stated ideals.
- It is not untrue to Poe, whose work is littered with beautiful but dead wives.
- He spots the boyfriend leaving and thinks she is being untrue to him.
- I am surprised at what he said, and I think he has been a bit untrue to this House.
- You must believe you can win, otherwise you're being untrue to yourself.
- Ultimately, our calling is to be true to God, even if that means that we are deemed by our people to be untrue to them.
- It is pointless to object that Henry is here untrue to himself, when the point is that the old self has been destroyed.
Synonyms unfaithful, disloyal, faithless, false, false-hearted, treacherous, traitorous, perfidious, deceitful, deceiving, untrustworthy, duplicitous, double-dealing, two-faced, janus-faced, insincere, unreliable, undependable, inconstant 3Incorrectly positioned or balanced; not upright or level. 错位的；不平衡的；歪的；倾斜的；不平的 Example sentencesExamples - Our adjustable frame systems allow for untrue walls and our kits are delivered fully assembled.
OriginOld English untrēowe ‘unfaithful’ (see un-, true). |