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untrue

[uhn-troo] / ʌnˈtru /


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"We wish to clarify that the document and information in question do not originate from official sources and are untrue," it said on Telegram.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally said her allegation was untrue.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“No. We think our work is very important, given all the bad and untrue content there is on the internet.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“To believe in things that you cannot. Let me illustrate. I heard once of an American who so defined faith: ‘that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue.’

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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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