Inherited fromMiddle Englishuntreuth, fromOld Englishuntrēowþ andunġetrēowþ, fromProto-West Germanic*untriuwiþu and*ungatriuwiþu, equivalent toun- +truth. Cognate withOld High Germanungitriuwida.
untruth (countable anduncountable,pluraluntruths)
- Alie orfalsehood.
2022 January 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Government's IRP claims condemned as "dishonest"”, inRAIL, number949, page 7:He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually theseuntruths will be accepted.
- Thecondition of beingfalse;truthlessness.
the condition of being false
