untrue
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Moynihan has more than once used “gainsay,” or to declare something as untrue or invalid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
If he was implying that the money was specifically pigeonholed for an accelerated retirement of government securities, that’s untrue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Another factor could be whether the basis of adoption is untrue, said Lim.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Eddins’ majority applied the false-evidence standard used when prosecutors knowingly present untrue testimony, holding that the state constitution makes the prosecutor’s knowledge irrelevant.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
I even started a few rumors that were pure nonsense, lies so outrageous that people would repeat them despite the fact that they were obviously untrue.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
