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单词 untrueness
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untruenessn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtruːnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈtrunəs/
Forms: see untrue adj. and adv. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: untrue adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < untrue adj. + -ness suffix. In some early instances (in sense 1) probably shortened < Old English ungetrēownes unfaithfulness ( < ungetrēowe (see untrue adj.) + -ness suffix); compare variant reading in quot. OE. Compare later trueness n.
1. Unfaithfulness, faithlessness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness?a1505
untrustiness1526
infidelity1529
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
faithlessness1598
recreancy1602
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
disfaith1881
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsedom1297
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
falsityc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness1526
untrustiness1526
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
truth breach1597
faithlessness1598
bad faith1653
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
unreliableness1844
disfaith1881
OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Otho) (1900) ii. xxviii. 160 Benedictus..ofercidde þon[e] unhyrsuman munoc for his untreownesse [OE Corpus Cambr. ungetreownesse] & oferhygdo.
a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) l. 265 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 175 Þa þe untrownesse [a1200 Trin. Cambr. untrewnesse] duden þon þe ho sculden bon holde.
a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Jesus Oxf.) l. 262 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 67 (MED) Þar-inne beoþ þeo þat..weren al to gredi of seoluer and of golde And luueden vntrewnesse þat heo schulden beon holde.
1841 Monthly Mag. Mar. 307 How the cunning dramatist prepares for this true untrueness from the beginning!
1883 Methodist Q. Rev. Oct. 785 His untrueness to the cause of freedom.
1914 Gospel Trumpet 27 Aug. 534/1 It convicted them of untrueness to God.
2011 Harvard Rev. 40 115 Can love's untrueness be true if the wayward lover reopens the wounds that first exposed the cheating heart to love's absolutes?
2. Absence or lack of trueness or truth; falsity, incorrectness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun]
falseness1303
falselekea1350
untrothc1386
falsehooda1400
untruth1439
mensongec1450
fallax1530
falsity1579
fallacy1590
impropriety1611
improperness1612
wrongc1620
fallaciousness1644
fallacity1648
untrueness1652
unsubstantiality1838
unsubstantialness1860
incorrectitude1898
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun]
wrongc1620
obliquity1646
untrueness1652
unaccurateness1659
inaccuracy1671
unexactness1677
unaccuracy1702
wrongness1726
looseness1769
inexactitude1786
imprecision1803
inexactness1828
impreciseness1907
1652 R. Williams Bloody Tenent yet More Bloody 88 The untrueness, uncharitableness, unmercifulness, and unpeaceableness of such conclusions.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Falsness, falshood, untrueness.
1837 Spectator 28 Jan. 90/1 He cannot convince them, because their experience persuades them that he is practically wrong. Hence an occasional appearance of untrueness.
1886 T. H. Huxley in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 789 If there be gradations in untrueness.
1936 Country Life 18 Jan. 62/1 There is a certain untrueness, a hint of insincerity, in the tone of the dialogue throughout.
1977 Relig. Stud. 13 272 The debaters found it intelligible to speak of the untrueness of Buddhism.
2001 B. Maddox My Little Blue Dress 35 The obvious untrueness of me grand-da's theory that I was ‘allergic to the past’.
3. The state or condition of not being true (true adj. 6); lack of correct calibration or alignment, unevenness.
ΚΠ
1830 R. Broun Memorabilia Curliana Mabenensia viii. 43 The smallest untrueness in their [sc. curling stones'] under surface..inevitably leading to false, or uncertain play.
1850 Morning Post 28 June 7/5 The badness or untrueness of gauge in the trucks.
1928 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 118 210 The effect of untrueness of the surface was..greater the heavier the load.
2001 Re: Getting your Wheel True in uk.rec.cycling (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Nov. Maybe what happens is that more often than not the untrueness is caused by the spoke coming loose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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