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untruthful

adj

Etymology

From un- + truthful. Compare Middle English untreuthfull, untrowþeful, wntreuthtfull (“unbelieving, infidel”).

  1. derived from untreuthfull

Definitions

  1. Not giving the truth

    Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.

    • Cousin, good night; / And whatsoe’er be told of me henceforth, / A most untruthful annalist were he, / Who said I did not love my cousin Anna.
    • He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings.

  2. Pertaining to falsehood

    Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.

    • But what was our astonishment when the “Seven Letters by Anglicanus” made their appearance amongst us, accompanied by the report that you—one of our brethren—was the author of that untruthful, bitter, and malignant publication!

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Derived

untruthfully, untruthfulness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA