Meaning & use
untrue
Not in accordance with fact; false, or not faithful and loyal to someone.
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The rumor about the company closing turned out to be completely untrue.
He felt guilty for being untrue to the promise he had made his daughter.
A note on using this word
Untrue usually means factually false, but it can also describe disloyalty, as in untrue to one's word.
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