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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Contrary to fact; false.
  • adjective Deviating from a standard; not straight, even, level, or exact.
  • adjective Disloyal; unfaithful.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not true to the fact; contrary to the fact; false.
  • Not true to one's duty; not faithful; inconstant; not fulfilling the duties of a husband, wife, vassal, friend, etc.; not to be trusted; false; disloyal.
  • Not true to a standard or rule; varying from a correct form, pattern, intonation, alinement, or the like: incorrect.
  • Untruly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Obs. or Poetic Untruly.
  • adjective Not true; false; contrary to the fact.
  • adjective Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective False; not true.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not accurately fitted; not level
  • adjective not according with the facts
  • adjective not true to an obligation or trust
  • adjective (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

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un- +‎ true

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