untrustworthy
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Salton is devious and untrustworthy, but is Batter’s only clear path to a promotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
In closing arguments, both sides took turns painting the other’s client as untrustworthy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
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
The Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Law Firm in Omaha, Neb., gives the following scenario: “An untrustworthy agent might put someone in a nursing home for their own benefit or convenience instead of actual need.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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