Explore Untruthful through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dishonest or lying. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Untruthful meaning
- Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
- Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.
Synonyms of Untruthful
Using Untruthful
- The main meaning on this page is: Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying. | Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.
- Useful related words include: dishonest, lying, mendacious, truthful.
- In the example corpus, untruthful often appears in combinations such as: were untruthful, and untruthful, be untruthful.
Context around Untruthful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Untruthful
- In this selection, "untruthful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, disagreeable, palpably, give, completely, ornery and response stand out and add context to how "untruthful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ad as untruthful and allegations were untruthful and aimed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "untruthful" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with untruthful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Beshear campaign spokesperson Alex Floyd blasted the most recent ad as untruthful. (12 words)
However, campaigns that target the untruthful nature of cigarette advertising have proven effective. (13 words)
I know there are people in our workplaces who are disagreeable, untruthful, ornery or unethical. (15 words)
He called Comey a “weak and untruthful slime ball,” and, as has happened before, his attack on the author of an unflattering book helped propel it to the top of the best-seller list before it was officially released. (39 words)
Dr Rapapa took to Twitter where he refuted allegations that the ministry had distributed the sexually explicit textbook, saying that the allegations were untruthful and aimed at tarnishing the image of his ministry and the government. (36 words)
Further, you were untruthful about your interactions with the state police, indicating that they had essentially refused to take over the traffic stop, and that is why you stayed to handle it. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Beshear campaign spokesperson Alex Floyd blasted the most recent ad as untruthful.
But thousands of children now are held in special camps, for reeducation, where they are taught some untruthful, completely pro-Russian, ideology and perceptions of the world.
Further, you were untruthful about your interactions with the state police, indicating that they had essentially refused to take over the traffic stop, and that is why you stayed to handle it.
I know there are people in our workplaces who are disagreeable, untruthful, ornery or unethical.
It was accepted he was previously remanded in custody over allegations made by the complainant which he claims were found to be untruthful.
Jason Pegg told the inquest: “The lie detector test recorded that Steve had provided an untruthful response to all questions asked of him.
Doris alleged that Uche Elendu is being untruthful just as she is trying to take advantage of the situation at hand.
Saying she had copied her response to the office of the chief justice, Salie-Hlophe said Goliath’s allegations against her were “palpably untruthful”.
That would describe Trump's already meager reelection hopes as he continues to be untruthful to the American people.
Dr Rapapa took to Twitter where he refuted allegations that the ministry had distributed the sexually explicit textbook, saying that the allegations were untruthful and aimed at tarnishing the image of his ministry and the government.
Having listened to the entire speech, I think HH was untruthful on the causes of hunger.
However, campaigns that target the untruthful nature of cigarette advertising have proven effective.
Lord Brittan's widow accuses Labour MP Tom Watson of being 'disingenuous and untruthful' for trying to.
Mueller in response to Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) at a House intelligence committee hearing that Trump’s written responses were untruthful in at least some cases.
Of late Trump has been preoccupied with the impeachment inquiry congressional Democrats have opened against him, and his self-defense is predictably authentic and untruthful.
The new law creates a Class A misdemeanor for influencing a witness to give untruthful testimony or evade the process in a domestic violence case.
He also described Wolff as a “total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book.
He called Comey a “weak and untruthful slime ball,” and, as has happened before, his attack on the author of an unflattering book helped propel it to the top of the best-seller list before it was officially released.
I am sure no one understands more the consequences of being untruthful during an investigation than Lt. Gen. Flynn.
Officials say he deflected questions about the money transfer with answers they knew were untruthful.
Common combinations with untruthful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- were untruthful 4×
- and untruthful 4×
- be untruthful 2×
- being untruthful 2×