untrue

Example Sentences

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This in turn has facilitated scientific misconduct by a smaller number of scientists untrue to their calling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

I don’t think it’s untrue to say that most people right now feel helpless, at least to some degree.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Three months into their relationship, he told her his father had died, which was untrue.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The lawsuit calls that contention untrue — Estrada Juarez has never been in removal proceedings and has never seen an immigration judge.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien