Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Contrary to truth; not true.
- adjective Given to falsehood; mendacious. synonym: dishonest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not truthful; wanting in veracity; contrary to the truth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not giving the
truth ; providinguntrue facts;lying . - adjective Pertaining to
falsehood ;corrupt ;dishonest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not expressing or given to expressing the truth
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Examples
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After the debate, Daniels said his sharp responses at times came because he couldn't let Long Thompson get away with what he called her untruthful statements on the tax issue.
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After the debate, Daniels said his sharp responses at times came because he couldn't let Long Thompson get away with what he called her untruthful statements on the tax issue.
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After the debate, Daniels said his sharp responses at times came because he couldn't let Long Thompson get away with what he called her untruthful statements on the tax issue.
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After the debate, Daniels said his sharp responses at times came because he couldn't let Long Thompson get away with what he called her untruthful statements on the tax issue.
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After the debate, Daniels said his sharp responses at times came because he couldn't let Long Thompson get away with what he called her untruthful statements on the tax issue.
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That resolution also, through amendment, accuses me of what is termed untruthful propaganda that the Latino Congress says is intended to incite violence against immigrants.
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The Kumaonees have been described as untruthful but honest.
Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 James Kennedy 1857
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Bad credit card no annual fee you see the continents as downstream subconsciously or awhile endocrine tome on workbooks you see the massage for dividend parking as separately pondering or remotely untruthful, that is, cancel you bargaining to borrower or page for values.
Rational Review 2009
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TEHRAN -- A senior Iranian official said Monday that two U.N. nuclear inspectors have been banned from working in Iran after filing "untruthful" reports on the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program.
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In June, Iran barred two inspectors after accusing them of publishing "untruthful" reports and disclosing classified information.
Iran says U.N. watchdog sending spies as inspectors Thomas Erdbrink 2010
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