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untrustworthy

British  
/ ʌnˈtrʌstˌwɜːðɪ /

adjective

  1. not worthy of being trusted

    untrustworthy witnesses

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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You can interview people, you can get court documents—you have to get court documents, because these people can be so untrustworthy.

From Slate May 7, 2026

Are these the kinds of important tasks you want to give a person who has already shown themselves to have bad judgment at best, and to be untrustworthy at worst?

From MarketWatch Feb. 13, 2026

I’d only seen the trailer for “The Girlfriend” at the time of the shoot but knew I wanted something that contained the idea of untrustworthy narrators that seemed to be threaded throughout.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

Participants were also asked to evaluate the retailer’s trustworthiness on a seven-point scale, with one being completely untrustworthy or manipulative and seven being totally trustworthy or sincere.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

Will it always be confined and untrustworthy like it feels today?

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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