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untrue

[uhn-troo] / ʌnˈtru /


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Like I said, there isn’t really much you can do about that, and it isn’t your problem if they want to think untrue things about you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Walker claimed the room was being renovated, but police said further investigation "revealed this to be untrue".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Moynihan has more than once used “gainsay,” or to declare something as untrue or invalid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

A spokesman for the now Fifa president was reported to have told the paper Infantino "strongly denies these categorically untrue allegations".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The allegation, which was untrue, irritated the detectives into expounding very convincing denials.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

And Graham once more snatched her aloft, and she again punished him; and while she pulled his lion's locks, termed him—"The naughtiest, rudest, worst, untruest person that ever was."

From Villette by Charlotte Brontë




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