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Untrue

adjective

Not according with the facts.

Not true to an obligation or trust.

Not accurately fitted; not level. Synonym: out of true. "Off-level floors and untrue doors and windows"

(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful. Synonym: false. "When lovers prove untrue"

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"Untrue" Quotes from Famous Books

... attention to his utterances, which would content no sane and sensible man in any other department of teaching. He will tell you that it is one of the inevitable infelicities of his vocation, that to nothing are men such unwilling listeners as to religious truth; than which nothing can be more untrue; for to nothing are men so prepared to listen as to religious ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume V, Number 29, March, 1860 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

... attain to a place which is attainable by a hundred sacrifices. This ordinance, which looks like a hyperbole, and its statement by Vedic teachers that looks like a paradox, fill me with wonder. The Vedas say that no one attains to such a place without a hundred sacrifices. This seems to be untrue, for people do reach it by making even slight gifts to deserving ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 • Kisari Mohan Ganguli

... sufficient concentration, if I may use the term, of instruction; and the requirements of many arts and trades insufficiently carried out; the old schools and old colleges much too classical and mathematical. If this position is untrue, no popular scheme can be adopted at present; but it appears more than probable that before long the subject will be brought before the House of Commons, and education made accessible to all. As to the money for the purpose, ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 • Various

... was untrue; I did. "But you are wet through," I added, remorsefully. "And I haven't another ...

— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln

... all," replied Miss Bellingham (which was grossly untrue; he was interrupting me most intolerably); "we were going to the British Museum and just looked ...

— The Vanishing Man • R. Austin Freeman

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