untrueadj.adv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtruː/, U.S.

/ˌənˈtru/

Etymology: Old English untréowe, ungetréow(e, etc. (un- prefix¹ 1, 5b), = North Frisian untraw, West Frisian on-, ûntrou, Middle Dutch on(ge)trouwe (Dutch ongetrouw, usually ontrouw), Middle Low German un(ge)truwe, Old High German un(gi)triuwi, -gitrûwi, -getreowe (Middle High German un(ge)triuwe, German un(ge)treu), Old Norse útryggr (Middle Swedish otrygger, (Middle) Danish utryg), Gothic untriggws.

A. adj.

1. Of persons, etc.: Unfaithful, faithless.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adjective]

unholdc1000

untruec1040

trothlessc1175

false?c1225

untrowingc1330

unfaithful1530

untrusty1556

truthless1567

infidelious1581

inconfident1603

fausen1611

false-hearta1616

infidous1656

infide1663

c1040 Laws Cnut in Liebermann I. 330 Gyf hwylc man sy swa untrywe ðam hundrede.

c1290 St. Edmund 100 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 434 Ich wot wel, ȝuyt men miȝhten finde..Summan..untreowore to is wiue.

c1300 K. Horn 645 Þe kyng rod on hontynge,..ant Fykenyld bi is syde, Þat fals wes ant vntrewe.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxx. 9 To..haf ill susspeccioun of a trew frend, or goed of an vntrew.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 21 The world as of his propre kynde Was evere untrewe.

14.. T. Hoccleve Of Pride (Laud Misc. 735) f. 69 Fy vp on tonges vntrew, They displeasaunce in lordis courtes brew.

1446 J. Lydgate Two Nightingale Poems ii. 17 To take vengeaunce On false lovers whiche that bien vntriewe.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xii. 285 Y^e gretest traytour & the vntruest kyng of the worlde.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cliiij^v The capitaines perceyuing their vntrought, & trayterous demeanour, retrayted them selfes into the Castell or Palaice, where..they..sore molested and vexed the vntrew citizens.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Cc.iiii^v For my vaunt I dare well say my blood is not vntrue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 86 When to my good Lord, I proue vntrue, Ile choake my selfe.

1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 404 The Men inglorious Knights, the Ladies all untrue.

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) v. iii The Hearts unkind and Hearts untrue Are both abhor'd by Thee.

1802 J. Leyden Mermaid vi Know that thy favourite fair is dead, Or Proves to thee and love untrue.

1818 W. Wordsworth Not Seldom 6 The smoothest seas will sometimes prove, To the confiding Bark, untrue.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xx. 341 He had refused to believe that Labienus could be untrue to him.

absolute.a1400 Pauline Ep. (Powell) Titus i. 15 To þe fuylyd..and to þe vntrewe no thyng is clene.1866 R. Morris Ayenbite 270 (margin) The untrue, the evil, thieves, &c., are dark.

2. Contrary to fact; false; erroneous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]

unrightlyeOE

leasea900

falsec1175

untruec1370

untruefulc1380

erroneousc1400

fallacec1400

wrongc1420

unsubstantialc1455

wrongfulc1470

unrighteous1507

improper1531

perverse1531

mistaken1540

square1549

truthless1568

uncorrect1568

misconceiveda1612

errorous1633

swervinga1638

tralatitious1645

out of the way1676

wrongous1768

aberrated1834

aberrational1837

unsubstantiated1837

unevidenced1842

non-realistic1882

unsubstantiate1890

screwed-up1942

disauthentic1960

c1370 Hymns Virg. (1867) 108 And ȝif þei talke of tales vn-trewe, þou torn hem out of þat entent.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 897 Neuer lesyng ne tale vn-trwe, Ne towched her tonge for no dysstresse.

a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 28012 Ȝe traist ouer mekill in thing vntrew.

1446 J. Lydgate Two Nightingale Poems ii. 80 Feynt and vntriew thyne exposicioun.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvii^v Sooner shall heuen & erth be dissolued, than one..lettre of y^e lawe of god sholde be vnfulfylled or founde vntrue.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 43 Others thinke it an assured remedie..: but Columella thinkes it vntrue.

1612 J. Digby Let. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 609 But for myne owne parte, I holde this like the reste, to bee alltogeather untrue.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 38 When God shakes a Kingdome..'tis not untrue that many..false teachers are then busiest in seducing.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 400 I do not apprehend that it any ways tends to prove my assertion untrue.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. v. xvi. 360 The motives by which a man may be urged to give credit to untrue facts.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 156 There is nothing true which is not from some point of view untrue.

absolute.1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 56 Less would not..be due To us, who war against the Untrue.1882 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. VI. 429/2 Belief in the untrue.1891 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 27 1/1 It has all the fascination of the untrue for the popular taste.

3. Dishonest; unfair, unjust; wrong.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wrongousa1200

wrongfulc1311

unevenc1380

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unduec1450

inique1521

unequal1535

wry1561

undeserved?c1570

justless1578

unrighted1608

unequitable1643

inequitable1667

unfair1724

iniquitablea1734

unsportsmanlike1754

unsportsmanly1776

unsporting1859

below the belt1892

red-hot1896

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wronga1275

wrongfulc1325

wrongous1357

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unconscionable1492

injuriousa1513

wry1561

justless1578

iniquous1655

iniquitous1726

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 98 And boxes ben broght forþ..To vnder-take þe tol of vntrewe sacrifice.

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles i. 11 By drede, or be dyntis or domes vntrewe.

1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 105/2 Be cause it was of untrue makyng, and untru stuff, no man sette therby.

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 24 §1 Every untrue verdite herafter geven.

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 20 Untrue and fained recoveries to be had against them.

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 20 To thentent by fraude, covyne, and untrue meanes..to bynde and defeate theyre heyres.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 199 To..craue the succour..of God and man against the Romane vntrue tyrannie.

1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 44 Wee shall fynde it deficulte to..cleare their demaunds, which what they are or howe untrewe wee are not justly posest.

1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 5 Nothing..so dispels untrue prejudice as personal intercourse.

a. Not straight or direct; inexact; not agreeing with a standard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective]

untruec1220

unrighta1393

amissa1398

unproperc1400

rudec1475

bada1522

haltinga1533

unjust1554

rustical1660

unaccurate1660

inaccurate1665

unprecise1742

unexact1758

imprecise1805

inexact1828

ungrammatical1843

bum1896

dot and carry one1900

seat-of-the-pants1935

c1220 Bestiary 77 in Old Eng. Misc. 3 Ðer he wurdeþ heil & sund,..Ne were his bec untrewe.

c1220 Bestiary 77 in Old Eng. Misc. 111 His muð is ȝet untrewe.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VI c. 6 §1 Deceivable and untrewe Beames and Scales.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxvi. f. cxlvii^v This Henry chastysed the olde vntrewe mesure, and made a yerde of the length of his owne Arme.

1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 571 None sends his arrow to the mark in view, Whose hand is feeble, or his aim untrue.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 891 Thereby producing wool of unequal size, and therefore untrue.

1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry ii. 57 The perspective gives an untrue figure.

b. Improper, imperfect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective]

imperfecta1398

untrue?1541

imperfectious1594

perfectless1605

imperfective1684

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ci There is ii. maners of consolydacyon, one is trewe... And y^e other is vntrue consolydacyon.

1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic i. 23 One of the oldest thoughts in Philosophy is that of the opposition between true being and untrue being.

B. adv.

= untruly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [adverb]

untrulyc893

unhend1338

unfaithfully1340

untruea1350

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adverb]

false1303

falsely1303

untruea1350

lyinglya1382

adulterately1604

mendaciously1626

equivocatingly1652

slanderously1675

unveraciously1850

untruthfully1879

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb]

wrongc1175

miss?c1225

untruea1350

untrulyc1380

falselya1400

wilsomelyc1420

awrong1430

unpurelyc1460

fallibly1552

erroneously1578

sinistrously1581

wrongously1597

false1598

unproperly1604

incorrectly1611

fallaciously1612

mistakingly1652

foul1683

wrongfully1743

wrongly1755

erringly1815

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adverb]

untrulyc893

falsely?c1225

unhend1338

unfaithfully1340

untruea1350

faithlessly1581

false1594

infideliously1614

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 72 Whose loueþ vntrewe, his herte is selde seete.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 735 Or ellis he moot telle his tale vntrewe Or feyne thyng or fynde wordes newe.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxii. sig. E4 Least your true loue may seeme falce in this, That you for loue speake well of me vntrue .

1622 J. Taylor Very Merry Wherry-Ferry Voy. in Wks. (1630) 13/1 Some fooles would say I flatter'd, spake vntrue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	untrue
释义	untrueadj.adv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtruː/, U.S. /ˌənˈtru/ Etymology: Old English untréowe, ungetréow(e, etc. (un- prefix¹ 1, 5b), = North Frisian untraw, West Frisian on-, ûntrou, Middle Dutch on(ge)trouwe (Dutch ongetrouw, usually ontrouw), Middle Low German un(ge)truwe, Old High German un(gi)triuwi, -gitrûwi, -getreowe (Middle High German un(ge)triuwe, German un(ge)treu), Old Norse útryggr (Middle Swedish otrygger, (Middle) Danish utryg), Gothic untriggws. A. adj. 1. Of persons, etc.: Unfaithful, faithless. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adjective] unholdc1000 untruec1040 trothlessc1175 false?c1225 untrowingc1330 unfaithful1530 untrusty1556 truthless1567 infidelious1581 inconfident1603 fausen1611 false-hearta1616 infidous1656 infide1663 c1040 Laws Cnut in Liebermann I. 330 Gyf hwylc man sy swa untrywe ðam hundrede. c1290 St. Edmund 100 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 434 Ich wot wel, ȝuyt men miȝhten finde..Summan..untreowore to is wiue. c1300 K. Horn 645 Þe kyng rod on hontynge,..ant Fykenyld bi is syde, Þat fals wes ant vntrewe. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxx. 9 To..haf ill susspeccioun of a trew frend, or goed of an vntrew. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 21 The world as of his propre kynde Was evere untrewe. 14.. T. Hoccleve Of Pride (Laud Misc. 735) f. 69 Fy vp on tonges vntrew, They displeasaunce in lordis courtes brew. 1446 J. Lydgate Two Nightingale Poems ii. 17 To take vengeaunce On false lovers whiche that bien vntriewe. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xii. 285 Y^e gretest traytour & the vntruest kyng of the worlde. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cliiij^v The capitaines perceyuing their vntrought, & trayterous demeanour, retrayted them selfes into the Castell or Palaice, where..they..sore molested and vexed the vntrew citizens. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Cc.iiii^v For my vaunt I dare well say my blood is not vntrue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 86 When to my good Lord, I proue vntrue, Ile choake my selfe. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 404 The Men inglorious Knights, the Ladies all untrue. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) v. iii The Hearts unkind and Hearts untrue Are both abhor'd by Thee. 1802 J. Leyden Mermaid vi Know that thy favourite fair is dead, Or Proves to thee and love untrue. 1818 W. Wordsworth Not Seldom 6 The smoothest seas will sometimes prove, To the confiding Bark, untrue. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xx. 341 He had refused to believe that Labienus could be untrue to him. absolute.a1400 Pauline Ep. (Powell) Titus i. 15 To þe fuylyd..and to þe vntrewe no thyng is clene.1866 R. Morris Ayenbite 270 (margin) The untrue, the evil, thieves, &c., are dark. 2. Contrary to fact; false; erroneous. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] unrightlyeOE leasea900 falsec1175 untruec1370 untruefulc1380 erroneousc1400 fallacec1400 wrongc1420 unsubstantialc1455 wrongfulc1470 unrighteous1507 improper1531 perverse1531 mistaken1540 square1549 truthless1568 uncorrect1568 misconceiveda1612 errorous1633 swervinga1638 tralatitious1645 out of the way1676 wrongous1768 aberrated1834 aberrational1837 unsubstantiated1837 unevidenced1842 non-realistic1882 unsubstantiate1890 screwed-up1942 disauthentic1960 c1370 Hymns Virg. (1867) 108 And ȝif þei talke of tales vn-trewe, þou torn hem out of þat entent. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 897 Neuer lesyng ne tale vn-trwe, Ne towched her tonge for no dysstresse. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 28012 Ȝe traist ouer mekill in thing vntrew. 1446 J. Lydgate Two Nightingale Poems ii. 80 Feynt and vntriew thyne exposicioun. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvii^v Sooner shall heuen & erth be dissolued, than one..lettre of y^e lawe of god sholde be vnfulfylled or founde vntrue. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 43 Others thinke it an assured remedie..: but Columella thinkes it vntrue. 1612 J. Digby Let. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 609 But for myne owne parte, I holde this like the reste, to bee alltogeather untrue. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 38 When God shakes a Kingdome..'tis not untrue that many..false teachers are then busiest in seducing. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 400 I do not apprehend that it any ways tends to prove my assertion untrue. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. v. xvi. 360 The motives by which a man may be urged to give credit to untrue facts. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 156 There is nothing true which is not from some point of view untrue. absolute.1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 56 Less would not..be due To us, who war against the Untrue.1882 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. VI. 429/2 Belief in the untrue.1891 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 27 1/1 It has all the fascination of the untrue for the popular taste. 3. Dishonest; unfair, unjust; wrong. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wrongousa1200 wrongfulc1311 unevenc1380 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unduec1450 inique1521 unequal1535 wry1561 undeserved?c1570 justless1578 unrighted1608 unequitable1643 inequitable1667 unfair1724 iniquitablea1734 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 unsporting1859 below the belt1892 red-hot1896 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wronga1275 wrongfulc1325 wrongous1357 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unconscionable1492 injuriousa1513 wry1561 justless1578 iniquous1655 iniquitous1726 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 98 And boxes ben broght forþ..To vnder-take þe tol of vntrewe sacrifice. 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles i. 11 By drede, or be dyntis or domes vntrewe. 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 105/2 Be cause it was of untrue makyng, and untru stuff, no man sette therby. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 24 §1 Every untrue verdite herafter geven. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 20 Untrue and fained recoveries to be had against them. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 20 To thentent by fraude, covyne, and untrue meanes..to bynde and defeate theyre heyres. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 199 To..craue the succour..of God and man against the Romane vntrue tyrannie. 1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 44 Wee shall fynde it deficulte to..cleare their demaunds, which what they are or howe untrewe wee are not justly posest. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 5 Nothing..so dispels untrue prejudice as personal intercourse. 4. a. Not straight or direct; inexact; not agreeing with a standard. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective] untruec1220 unrighta1393 amissa1398 unproperc1400 rudec1475 bada1522 haltinga1533 unjust1554 rustical1660 unaccurate1660 inaccurate1665 unprecise1742 unexact1758 imprecise1805 inexact1828 ungrammatical1843 bum1896 dot and carry one1900 seat-of-the-pants1935 c1220 Bestiary 77 in Old Eng. Misc. 3 Ðer he wurdeþ heil & sund,..Ne were his bec untrewe. c1220 Bestiary 77 in Old Eng. Misc. 111 His muð is ȝet untrewe. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VI c. 6 §1 Deceivable and untrewe Beames and Scales. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxvi. f. cxlvii^v This Henry chastysed the olde vntrewe mesure, and made a yerde of the length of his owne Arme. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 571 None sends his arrow to the mark in view, Whose hand is feeble, or his aim untrue. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 891 Thereby producing wool of unequal size, and therefore untrue. 1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry ii. 57 The perspective gives an untrue figure. b. Improper, imperfect. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] imperfecta1398 untrue?1541 imperfectious1594 perfectless1605 imperfective1684 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ci There is ii. maners of consolydacyon, one is trewe... And y^e other is vntrue consolydacyon. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic i. 23 One of the oldest thoughts in Philosophy is that of the opposition between true being and untrue being. B. adv. = untruly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [adverb] untrulyc893 unhend1338 unfaithfully1340 untruea1350 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adverb] false1303 falsely1303 untruea1350 lyinglya1382 adulterately1604 mendaciously1626 equivocatingly1652 slanderously1675 unveraciously1850 untruthfully1879 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb] wrongc1175 miss?c1225 untruea1350 untrulyc1380 falselya1400 wilsomelyc1420 awrong1430 unpurelyc1460 fallibly1552 erroneously1578 sinistrously1581 wrongously1597 false1598 unproperly1604 incorrectly1611 fallaciously1612 mistakingly1652 foul1683 wrongfully1743 wrongly1755 erringly1815 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adverb] untrulyc893 falsely?c1225 unhend1338 unfaithfully1340 untruea1350 faithlessly1581 false1594 infideliously1614 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 72 Whose loueþ vntrewe, his herte is selde seete. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 735 Or ellis he moot telle his tale vntrewe Or feyne thyng or fynde wordes newe. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxii. sig. E4 Least your true loue may seeme falce in this, That you for loue speake well of me vntrue . View more context for this quotation 1622 J. Taylor Very Merry Wherry-Ferry Voy. in Wks. (1630) 13/1 Some fooles would say I flatter'd, spake vntrue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.c1040
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