untrue

[US]/ʌn'truː/
[UK]/ʌn'tru/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ikke sant
ikke i samsvar med standarder
ikke trofast
ikke passende

Example Sentences

fabricate an untrue story

konstruere en usann historie

a malicious and untrue story.

en ondsinnet og usann historie.

He is untrue to his duty.

Han er utro mot sin plikt.

the newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story.

avisen ble lurt til å publisere en usann historie.

The newspaper printed a denial of the untrue story.

Avisen trykte en benektelse av den falske historien.

The rumors about her leaving the company are untrue.

Ryktene om at hun forlater selskapet er usanne.

It is untrue that he is a millionaire.

Det er usant at han er millionær.

She vehemently denied the untrue accusations.

Hun avviste kraftig de usanne anklagene.

The story he told us turned out to be untrue.

Historien han fortalte oss viste seg å være usann.

His claims about the product were proven to be untrue.

Hans påstander om produktet ble bevist å være usanne.

The statement made by the witness was found to be untrue.

Uttalelsen som ble gitt av vitnet ble funnet å være usann.

The article contained a lot of untrue information.

Artikkelen inneholdt mye usann informasjon.

It is untrue that she is dating my brother.

Det er usant at hun dater broren min.

The allegations against him were completely untrue.

Anklagene mot ham var fullstendig usanne.

She spread untrue rumors about her colleague.

Hun spredte usanne rykter om sin kollega.

Real-world Examples

That government has publicly called those reports categorically untrue.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2021 Compilation

That is completely untrue and completely unfair.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

Most of those reports were a nightmare—grotesque, circumstantial, eager and untrue.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

There were many untrue beliefs about chocolate.

Source: Global Slow English

But neuroscience has found that to be untrue.

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

And for those wondering, the often-perpetuated side effect of balding is also, for the most part, untrue.

Source: Fitness Knowledge Popularization

Deepfake is the term for real-looking, but untrue, video.

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

" Most thought the article was unfair or even untrue."

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

The word " fishy" means " likely untrue." In other words, something that sounds fishy sounds like a lie.

Source: VOA Special June 2020 Collection

True beliefs tend to be more useful than untrue beliefs.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

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