[
UK
/ʌntɹˈuːθfəl/
]
[ US /ənˈtɹuθfəɫ/ ]
[ US /ənˈtɹuθfəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not expressing or given to expressing the truth
an untruthful person
the statement given under oath was untruthful
How To Use untruthful In A Sentence
- At best it was enormously misleading, and at worst it was untruthful.
- the statement given under oath was untruthful
- With her, untruthfulness had always been a difficult matter. CHAPTER VII
- We don't want it be used by a small number of people who may use the opportunity of public hearings under privilege to make patently untruthful allegations.
- Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice. Miroslav Volf: Did 9/11 Make Us Morally 'Better'?
- Such explanations of his conduct as he has given from time to time have been devious and untruthful.
- ‘Sir Alan has said that he doesn't believe that people have been untruthful about something that happened 20 months ago,’ he said.
- I never was knowingly untruthful with my colleagues, the grand jury, the President, the FBI, or the special counsel.
- You are looking for signs of weakness, for twitches that indicate untruthfulness, for signs of prevarication and mendacity. Dead Zero
- She is as untruthful as she is flattering.