mistruth/mɪsˈtɹuːθ/EtymologyFrom mis- + truth. Cognate with Middle High German missetriuwede.nounUntruth; falsehood.“In my brief stay in Johannesburg, I had left a trail of mistruths and, in each case, the falsehood had come back to haunt me.”A statement which, while technically true, is dishonestly misleading.