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語源

From Middle English untrewe, from 古期英語 untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- +‎ true.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtɹuː/
• 韻: -uː

形容詞

untrue (comparative more untrue, superlative most untrue)

1. False; not true.

   Synonyms: false, inaccurate, incorrect, unveridical, wrong; see also Thesaurus:false

   Antonym: true

   She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 11:

     "I know it is true, for an untrue word never passed her lips."

   • 2004, Carlin, George, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, OCLC 757869006, OL 24604921M, page 264:

     This statement is untrue.

2. Not faithful or loyal.

   Synonyms: false, perfidious, unfaithful

   Antonym: faithful

   • 1953, Arthur Hamilton (lyrics かつ music), “Cry Me a River”:

     Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river

   • 1971, “Let's Stay Together”, performed by Al Green:

     Let me be the one you come running to / I'll never be untrue

   • 2019, “The Night You Didn't Come”, in Becoming Peter Ivers, performed by Peter Ivers:

     Tonight you didn't come / And my senses all were reeling / I had a certain scary feeling you'd been untrue

派生語

• untruism

Collocations

Further reading

• untrue at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “untrue”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “untrue”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “untrue”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “untrue” (US) / “untrue” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.