untruthfulness
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7.0
- noun
- /ʌnˈtruːθfəl.nəs/
:
deshonestidad
Examples
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Untruthfulness is the basis of a good, strong relationship.
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Do you think that the objection that PUA techniques use deception or untruthfulness is overblown?
Blog text (2) -
Without getting into a long tick-tock of untruthfulness, a pattern emerged over the summer and fall: both candidates' campaigns laid out a number of whoppers, got clobbered for doing so, and then kept right on saying them.
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Given that the emperor so readily exiled opponents and dissenters, it makes sense that bishops would fear taking a stand against the theological fashion of the day, but Philostorgius laments their weakness and untruthfulness.
Academic text (2018) -
He seeks to demonstrate that madness is not an authentic alternative for bourgeois untruthfulness and cheating, and he does so by systematically leveling the walls between the sane and the insane world.
Academic text (2009) -
The straightforward untruthfulness of Oskar Matzerath, the narrator-protagonist, is a unique example in post-war German fiction of how communicative success and failure operate as mutual presuppositions in the narrative representation of madness.
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His untruthfulness was evident when he repeatedly denied knowing anything about the missing funds.
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A reputation for untruthfulness can significantly damage a person's credibility in business.
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In her speech, she addressed the issue of untruthfulness in politics, emphasizing the need for honesty.
Synonyms
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2.1
Telling something that is not true on purpose
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3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
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4.6
Dishonest action meant to trick someone
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3.2
Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
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9.3
A habit of often telling lies that makes it difficult for people to trust you
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7.9
A statement or idea that is not true
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6.5
Trying to make other people believe something that is not true
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5.8
A way of speaking or acting that is not true
Antonyms
How Truthful
Surface Forms
Morphology
untruthfulness = untruthful (transparent) = un + truth + ful + ness
A standard noun formed from the adjective 'untruthful' by adding '-ness', denoting the state or quality.
Etymology
Untruthfulness is made of un- ('not'), truth ('true'), and -fulness ('the state of something'), so it literally means 'the state of not being true'. That's why untruthfulness describes lying or a lack of honesty.