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Yes, but it's used so rarely that most people will think it's wrong. I'd forget it. t1%3B%2Cuntruth%3B%2Cc0 ] Where did you encounter it?
- Yes, but it's used so rarely that most people will think it's wrong.
- I'd forget it.
- t1%3B%2Cuntruth%3B%2Cc0 ] Where did you encounter it?
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Yes, but it's used so rarely that most people will think it's wrong. I'd forget it. [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mistruth%2Cuntruth&year_start=1800&ye
0Probably. The word "mistruth" is so rarely used, that it is difficult to say.
0They're both pretty unusual, even "untruth." To my ears, a "mistruth" is a bit more forgiving. Sure, maybe some of it was made up, but not all of it -- a mistruth. An "untruth" is not the truth. Full stop. And a lawyer would refer to these things, if I'm not mistaken, as "material falsehoods."
At the end of the day, what we're talking about here are lies. It's a "lie," and that word is u
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