UNTRUSTWORTHY Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

untrustworthy

adjective

Definition of untrustworthy

as in fraudulent

not able to be trusted; not trustworthy an untrustworthy person He has proven himself untrustworthy.

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Recent Examples of untrustworthy By and large, consumers are more skeptical of brands’ sustainability messaging; some 60 percent now avoid products from untrustworthy or unethical sources, per the report. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 May 2026 In classical Athens the playwright Aristophanes attacked purveyors of knowledge for being intellectually untrustworthy, essentially deceitful. — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 On the other hand, some types of sources such as public relations are rated as untrustworthy in general. — Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 The conservative election group is advocating for paper ballots, saying Georgia’s voting machines are untrustworthy. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for untrustworthy

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Adjective

The new features include the Clear Skies Papermill Alarm, which helps identify potentially fraudulent manuscripts at submission.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
In May, Percival directed DHS attorneys to pursue additional enforcement actions targeting fraudulent asylum claims.

— Preston Mizell , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of fraudulent

Adjective

But 52% of employees in that same study believe their company's efforts to be empathetic are dishonest.

— Dennis Kozak, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The state agency said clinic staffers had clients sign a personal injury waiver, which the commission said was unenforceable, against public policy and deceptive and dishonest.

— Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 8 July 2026

Definition of dishonest

Adjective

This predominantly includes deceptive measures and signal disruptions as responses to intrusive drones.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Warren also raised concerns about X’s banking partner, Cross River Bank, pointing to prior enforcement actions over deceptive loan practices involving the bank’s fintech partners.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

Definition of deceptive

Adjective

Spanish officials have blamed traffickers for spreading similar misleading information, and there is a growing suspicion that Moroccan authorities initially failed to stop the crowds, intentionally allowing the surge to grow.

— Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Pruitt’s interest in opera is genuine, but the flourish is misleading.

— Carson Griffith, New Yorker, 30 July 2026

Definition of misleading

Adjective

At the World Cup, there were at least six examples of incorrect or — to be generous — highly dubious interventions that made reasonable on-field decisions worse across the 104 matches.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
In September, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services sent a notice denying her coverage, citing incorrect income information and stating she wasn't disabled, according to Kolosova and state documents reviewed by KFF Health News.

— Rachana Pradhan, NPR, 20 July 2026

Definition of incorrect

Adjective

Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to stabbing four University of Idaho students to death and waived his right to appeal, is now seeking post-conviction relief by claiming his plea was false.

— Chadd Cripe. Produced with AI assistance, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
On Friday, Tench was arrested on 99 felony charges, which include 33 counts of bid-rigging, 33 of first-degree forgery and 33 of filing false documents.

— Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of false

Adjective

Seneca, the Roman philosopher, argued that people kept getting the message of Homer’s epic poems wrong.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
One person was killed and two others were critically injured when a wrong-way driver crashed into several other vehicles on Friday evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side of Chicago.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

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