单词 | untrueness |
释义 | untruenessn. 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). < n.OE |
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