He made untrue statements to the press. Her lover had been untrue.
Recent Examples on the WebIn the past few years, many of these conspiracy theories have centered around the Covid-19 vaccine, with some on the far right suggesting that DMX and Bob Saget had died of vaccine complications (which was untrue in the cases of both men). Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 This is especially so if what proves to be untrue are claims depicting Trump as fully cooperative and transparent, in contrast to the Justice Department, which is portrayed as the corrupt cat’s-paw of the Biden White House. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 24 Aug. 2022 This is widely regarded to have been untrue, and the Donald Cook otherwise sailed through the Black Sea without incident. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2022 The criminal complaint alleges that Niceta used a personal phone to make the call, and that authorities investigated the case and found that the allegations were untrue. Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 To be clear, nothing has come to light indicating that Trump's lawyers were aware that the assurances provided to the Justice Department were untrue, and lawyers regularly get misled by their clients. Norman Eisen And Shan Wu, CNN, 27 Aug. 2022 Many of the claims are simply untrue, or grossly misleading. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 July 2022 In an interview with CBS Los Angeles, Yu's attorney, David Whol, said that the allegations leveled by Chen are untrue. Adam Sabes, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022 Hensley owned no intellectual property, and his claims of revitalizing the studio — and of possessing substantial wealth — were also untrue, federal prosecutors said.Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of untrue was before the 12th century