untrue

«untrue» in Mova's school dictionary: not true; false or wrong — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Untrue means not true; false or wrong. tree →

2) In old or poetic use, untrue means not loyal or faithful to someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons on truth and lies an untrue statement does not match the facts; in science and maths a statement can be checked and found untrue. Phrases: «completely untrue», «untrue rumours», «that's untrue».

examples

• That story about the teacher is untrue. tree →
• It is untrue that bats are blind. tree →
• She said something untrue to get out of trouble. tree →
• Spreading untrue rumours can hurt people. tree →
• The statement «5 + 3 = 9» is untrue. tree →
• Some adverts make claims that are untrue. tree →
• The rumour turned out to be untrue. tree →
• Many tales are told of his ad-ven-tures, some of them true and some of them untrue. tree →

note

Prefix un- = not. Same as «false» or «not true». Something untrue is not always a lie: a lie is said on purpose, but you can say something untrue by mistake. Check facts before you share them.

In the corpora

• The line is crossed when it becomes unkind, untrue, about someone's body, or about things that are private.
• "Not untrue" is a double negative meaning "true".
• A rumour can be untrue, and even a true one can hurt.
• Spreading untrue stories about someone online can reach many people and can get you into serious trouble.
• Many untrue stories are not lies: memory fills its gaps by guessing, so two honest people can remember the same fight differently.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «untrue» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.