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untrustworthy

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untrustworthy [ʌnˈtrʌstˌwɜːðɪ]
adj
not worthy of being trusted untrustworthy witnesses
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Adj.1.untrustworthy - not worthy of trust or beliefuntrustworthy - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"
undependable, unreliable - not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"
unfaithful - not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover"
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
trustworthy, trusty - worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion"

untrustworthy
adjective unreliable, treacherous, deceitful, false, tricky, slippery, untrue, dishonest, fickle, devious, unfaithful, capricious, two-faced, disloyal, faithless, fair-weather, fly-by-night (informal), undependable, not to be depended on, untrusty His opponents still say he's a fundamentally untrustworthy figure.
reliable, loyal, faithful, true, honest, reputable, dependable, trustworthy, trusty, steadfast
Translations
untrustworthy [ˈʌnˈtrʌstˌwɜːðɪ] ADJ [person] → de poca confianza, no muy de fiar; [leadership, results, information, evidence] → poco fiable; [book etc] → de dudosa autoridad; [machine, car] → inseguro, no muy de fiar
untrustworthy [ˌʌnˈtrʌstwɜːrði] adj [person] → peu digne de confiance
untrustworthy
adj (= not reliable) source, book, personunzuverlässig; (= not worthy of confidence) personnicht vertrauenswürdig
untrustworthy [ʌnˈtrʌstˌwɜːðɪ] adj (person) → di cui non ci si può fidare; (source) → inattendibile, non degno/a di fede


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I must say, with all her faults, I never found her disobedient or untrustworthy before and I'm real sorry to find her so now.
On the basis of these necessarily untrustworthy reports Napoleon gave his orders, which had either been executed before he gave them or could not be and were not executed.
He had wished to know, finally, in the name of his mother, if Tess could really come to manage the old lady's fowl-farm or not; the lad who had hitherto superintended the birds having proved untrustworthy.
 
 
 
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