[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/untrue.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / untrue

[← U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/U/)

# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#m1)

2) In old or poetic use, untrue means not loyal or faithful to someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x1)
- It is untrue that bats are blind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x2)
- She said something untrue to get out of trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x3)
- Spreading untrue rumours can hurt people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x4)
- The statement «5 + 3 = 9» is untrue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x5)
- Some adverts make claims that are untrue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x6)
- The rumour turned out to be untrue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x7)
- Many tales are told of his ad-ven-tures, some of them true and some of them untrue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/8/)
- ["Not untrue" is a double negative meaning "true".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/7/)
- [A rumour can be untrue, and even a true one can hurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/15/)
- [Spreading untrue stories about someone online can reach many people and can get you into serious trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/197-harmful-lies/21/)
- [Many untrue stories are not lies: memory fills its gaps by guessing, so two honest people can remember the same fight differently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «untrue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.