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not able to be trusted; not trustworthy
an untrustworthy person He has proven himself untrustworthy.
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Recent Examples of untrustworthy
The Hustle also asked respondents to rate the trustworthiness of AI on a scale of 1 (completely untrustworthy) to 10 (entirely trustworthy).
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 6 June 2025
Not for the first time, Superman’s opponents try to paint him as an untrustworthy foreigner.
—Jake Coyle, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
However, this would leave us in a fiscal situation similar to that of many developing nations, with galloping inflation and untrustworthy currency.
—Ivo Welch, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
Two different state attorneys declared Lopez untrustworthy.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 6 June 2025
Not for the first time, Superman’s opponents try to paint him as an untrustworthy foreigner.
—Jake Coyle, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
However, this would leave us in a fiscal situation similar to that of many developing nations, with galloping inflation and untrustworthy currency.
—Ivo Welch, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
Two different state attorneys declared Lopez untrustworthy.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for untrustworthy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrustworthy
Adjective
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About 86% of the fraudulent claims for Medicare happened from December 2017 on.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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An Arizona woman has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for her role in a fraudulent scheme that helped North Koreans obtain remote IT positions at 309 US companies, including an unnamed member of the Fortune 500.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Writing faculty have both the agency and the academic freedom to examine generative AI’s dishonest training origins and conclude: There is no path to ethically teach AI skills.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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So, in that moment, the things that are coming out of my mouth are not dishonest.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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Falter, 28, is a deceptive lefty under team control through 2028 who is enjoying his best season, with a 3.73 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP in 22 starts.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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The attackers use deceptive ads that imitate popular cryptocurrency brands like Binance, TradingView, ByBit and MetaMask.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Beyond access control, a problem that exists for enterprise AI—just like mainstream AI chatbots—is the potential for hallucinations or incorrect responses.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article gave incorrect information on how Arizona GOP leader Gina Swoboda dealt with contracts with Turning Point and a company run by Arizona Freedom Caucus leader Jake Hoffman.—
Ray Stern,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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One of the things your piece says is that, essentially for the entire duration of the war, there’ve been false warnings about a hunger crisis.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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Hanner said the investigative report was misleading and partially false, adding that Griffith’s actions were a direct result of advice from her supervisors and district legal counsel.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Anxiety about your bowel habits may stem from the belief that there’s something wrong with them.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
30 July 2025
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If the calculation is wrong, everything downstream—equipment selection, duct sizing, airflow balancing—will also be off.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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“Untrustworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrustworthy. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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