false

[fɔːls]

Definition:
1. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.
2. Arising from error.
3. Erroneous and usually accidental.

Use 'false' in a sentence:

• 1. One false move and I knew Sarah would be dead.
• 2. He hid behind a false identity.
• 3. He knew one false move would end in death.
• 4. He conned his way into the job using false references.
• 5. You do not know whether what you're told is true or false.
• 6. She gave false information to the insurance company.
• 7. She flashed him a false smile of congratulation.
• 8. It was quite clear the president was being given false information by those around him.
• 9. I hate false modesty.
• 10. It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security.
• 11. Helmets can give cyclists a false sense of security.
• 12. The whole argument rests on a false assumption.
• 13. She'd allowed herself to be lulled into a false sense of security.
• 14. Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
• 15. His actions were based on a false assumption.
• 16. Giving false information to the police is a punishable offence.
• 17. He made a false confession which he later retracted.
• 18. She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences.
• 19. His friendly manner lulled her into a false sense of security.
• 20. Evans was trying to obtain a false passport and other documents.
• 21. She was accused of knowingly making a false statement to the police.
• 22. Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time.
• 23. Individuals who repeatedly provide false information should be called to account for their actions.
• 24. The theories were demonstrated to be false.
• 25. They didn't want to raise any false hopes, but they believed her husband had escaped capture.
• 26. The percentage of false negatives generated by the cancer test is of great concern.
• 27. They diddled their insurance company by making a false claim.
• 28. He used a false name to get the job.
• 29. One false move and the bomb might blow up.
• 30. The story is almost certainly false.
• 31. A whale is a fish. True or false?
• 32. Buying a cheap computer is a false economy.
• 33. It's a false economy to buy cheap clothes.
• 34. The thief used a false identity.
• 35. Are the following statements true or false ?
• 36. Are the following statements true or false?
• 37. The fire service was called out but it was a false alarm.
• 38. Predictions of an early improvement in the housing market proved false.
• 39. In the early seventies I wore false eyelashes, as was the fashion.
• 40. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
• 41. For years, blatantly false assertions have gone unchallenged.
• 42. The figures clearly show that her claims are false.