Untruthful (Adjective)
Meaning
Not expressing or given to expressing the truth; "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The story told by the politician about his involvement in the scandal turned out to be untruthful and fabricated.
- She had always been suspicious of her business partner, as she suspected him of being an untruthful person.
- The detective realized the suspect's alibi was untruthful after conducting a thorough investigation.
- Historians believe that Napoleon was often untruthful about the extent of his military conquests in his memoirs.
- Her parents were shocked to find that her explanations for her poor grades were untruthful and just made-up excuses.