What does untrustworthy mean?
Definitions for untrustworthy
un·trust·wor·thy
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Princeton's WordNet
untrustworthy, untrustyadjective
not worthy of trust or belief
"an untrustworthy person"
Wiktionary
untrustworthyadjective
Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
ChatGPT
untrustworthy
Untrustworthy refers to a person, institution, information, or anything else that cannot be relied upon due to their tendency to be dishonest, deceptive or unreliable. Trust cannot be placed in them comfortably due to their past behavior or inherent characteristics.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of untrustworthy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of untrustworthy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of untrustworthy in a Sentence
The major platforms have a responsibility related to the health and safety of all Americans to stop amplifying untrustworthy content, disinformation and misinformation.
I think President Biden is a traitor to our party. He’s a traitor to human rights. He’s completely untrustworthy on this issue.
People who snoop look for confirmation that their partner is up to no good, just like a successful prosecutor needs hard evidence to convict a person suspected of a crime, a snooper feels they need more than just their intuition to prove their partner is untrustworthy.
Had Anita Hill been white or been a light-skinned black person or maybe even Latina or a light-skinned Asian woman, people would have viewed Anita Hill differently, dark skin, for a lot of people, has an association with that which is untrustworthy.
Republican National Committee:
Hillary Clinton's growing scandals and the multiple investigations into the potential mishandling of classified info is a mess of her own creation. As Democrats debate in Vegas the RNC will continue to remind voters, including Democrats, why the vast majority of Americans find Clinton to be dishonest and untrustworthy.
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