untruthful
part of speech
adjective (untruthful); adverb untruthfully
meaning for a pupil
1) Not telling the truth; lying. tree →
2) (of a statement) Not true. tree →
sense in the lessons
A softer, more formal word than «lying» or «a liar», used in school, reports and stories about honesty. Tells the reader a character cannot be trusted. In safety, adverts or online messages may be untruthful.
examples
- It is untruthful to say you finished when you didn't. tree →
- The advert made untruthful claims about the toy. tree →
- He was untruthful about where he had been. tree →
- Being untruthful can break a friend's trust. tree →
- The judge said the witness had been untruthful. tree →
- Her untruthful excuse fooled nobody. tree →
note
Takes «an». Gentler than «liar» but means the same idea. Opposite: truthful, honest. A mistake is not always untruthful: lying means knowing it is false.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «untruthful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.