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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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This flies in the face of all we know about its inner workings: AI can’t think, doesn’t have a mind and, in fact, is inherently untrustworthy.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 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

Americans also think A.I. is untrustworthy as a tool.

From Slate Dec. 26, 2025

According to analysts, risks to stablecoins include an issuer deemed untrustworthy or the threat of hacking.

From Barron's Nov. 10, 2025

As time went by, the list of people who seemed untrustworthy grew and grew.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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