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Synonyms & Antonyms for false
Synonyms: Adjective
erroneous, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, untruthful, wrong
Antonyms: Adjective
accurate, correct, errorless, exact, factual, precise, proper, right, sound, true, valid, veracious
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Examples of false in a Sentence
Adjective
Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. He registered at the hotel under a false name.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
More than that, a false hope of salvation can be actively harmful. — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, "What If We Stopped Pretending?," 8 Sep. 2019 In other words, the NY Fed's model could be giving off a false positive because of the enormous distortions in the bond market. — Matt Egan, CNN, "Wall Street's favorite recession signal suggests the economy is in trouble," 6 Sep. 2019 With hair tucked in his boots, Carroll now operates as false nine. — SI.com, "Three Years On: How 2019 England Might Have Looked if Sam Allardyce Was Still in Charge," 4 Sep. 2019 One thing is for sure, though: Once these two powerhouses meet, Ocasio-Cortez will definitely have that false eyelash application down pat. — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Getting a Makeover From Drag Race Star Shuga Cain," 4 Sep. 2019 The woman whom Wohl described as the accuser against Mueller told USA Today this year that no such assault had occurred and said Wohl approached her under a false identity. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, "Conservative provocateur Jacob Wohl charged with financial crime in Riverside County," 4 Sep. 2019 Latasha Wisniewski, 38, used the false promise of romance to gain the trust of Charles Bauer, an 89-year-old Korean War veteran and widower, then looted much of his life’s savings in a matter of months, prosecutors said. — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, "Strongsville woman found guilty of looting ailing Korean War vet’s bank account through phony marriage promise," 3 Sep. 2019 In New Jersey, for example, our partner WNYC reported on how a company provided a false answer on an application for tax incentives, leading the state to freeze the firm’s $260 million tax break. — ProPublica, "ProPublica Wants Pitches for State Government Investigations. Apply for a Spot in Our Local Reporting Network.," 3 Sep. 2019 The complaint alleges that McKenzie knowingly under-reported the monthly taxable sales to the accountant, who then filed the false sales tax returns. — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, "Co-owner of Cottage Grove boat, snowmobile dealership pleads guilty to defrauding state of $3.2 million," 3 Sep. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
Meanwhile, forcing axioms, which deem the continuum hypothesis false by adding a new size of infinity, would also extend the frontiers of mathematics in other directions. — Quanta Magazine, "To Settle Infinity Dispute, a New Law of Logic," 26 Nov. 2013 Any assertion otherwise on the latter front rings false given that, as acting commissioner, Selig had to have known about the FBI’s Operation Equine, an early ’90s investigation into PED distribution that included McGwire and Canseco. — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, "Roger Clemens, Arguably the Greatest Pitcher of All-Time, Is Trending Toward Hall of Fame Induction," 13 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'false.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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