untrue
unt·rue
adjective
1.
2.
not true to an obligation or trust
- “is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty” Bruno Laske
3.
not accurately fitted; not level
- “the frame was out of true”
- “off-level floors and untrue doors and windows”
4.
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- “a false friend”
- “when lovers prove untrue”
Origin
From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.
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