untrue

[uhn-troo] / ʌnˈtru /

ADJECTIVE

dishonest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apocryphal deceptive distorted erroneous false fictitious inaccurate incorrect misleading mistaken specious spurious unfaithful unsound untruthful wrong

WEAK

cheating counterfactual deceitful delusive deviant disloyal dissembling faithless fallacious forsworn hollow imprecise inconstant inexact lying meretricious off out of line perfidious perjured prevaricating recreant sham traitorous treacherous two-faced unloyal untrustworthy wide

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accurate actual authentic correct factual genuine honest just precise real right sound straight true truthful valid

WEAK

faithful

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Kosovo's former president and guerrilla leader Hashim Thaci called the war crimes charges against him "entirely untrue and utterly absurd" Wednesday on the final day of his marathon trial in The Hague.

From Barron's

Rogers said in a statement at the time: “That is completely untrue.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The police lawyers also relied on claims that every victim had died before 15:15 GMT, which again was later proven to be categorically untrue.

From BBC

Rogers at the time said in a statement “That is completely untrue.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"It is simply untrue to say that I was told that I would be blocked," he told reporters.

From BBC

untrue

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