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
But when leaders are seen as untrustworthy that number drops to one in twelve.
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Star Toomey got a bad rap on Survivor 48, being pegged by other players as someone who was untrustworthy in the game.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 May 2025
There are security implications to AI running on untrustworthy data as well.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Predictive lending requires access to data, and an untrustworthy provider might willingly or unwillingly share that data with the wrong people.
—Arleo Dordar, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Star Toomey got a bad rap on Survivor 48, being pegged by other players as someone who was untrustworthy in the game.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 May 2025
There are security implications to AI running on untrustworthy data as well.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Predictive lending requires access to data, and an untrustworthy provider might willingly or unwillingly share that data with the wrong people.
—Arleo Dordar, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for untrustworthy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrustworthy
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Execution: With these tools in place, fraudsters can open fraudulent accounts, apply for loans and carry out high-value transactions, all while appearing completely legitimate.—
Parya Lotfi,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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This includes Amazon allowing small businesses to make multiple appeals when fighting a fraudulent return.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Avoid generic, spammy tactics, over-automation or dishonest ploys.—
Samuel Darwin,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The reasons for such concerns start with the shockingly dishonest campaign for Proposition 1A, the 2008 state ballot measure allocating $9.95 billion in bond seed money for a network of bullet trains linking Los Angeles and San Francisco.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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In the suit, filed Friday, Newsom says that Fox News had used deceptive edits to claim that the governor had lied in saying that Trump had not called him about deploying National Guard troops during the L.A. protests.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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Florida is leading the way in what can become a national movement to crack down on hospitals’ deceptive and unfair billing practices.—
Cynthia A. Fisher,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Consider a car engine: Removing deposits and sludge (inaccurate, outdated, irrelevant and incorrect information) reduces friction, while clean oil (large language models and AI) ensures smooth performance.—
Savinay Berry,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Belief in other scientifically incorrect claims can be extremely dangerous.—
Mark Boslough,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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This was a false charge by the Bush administration, as the United Nations’ inspectors on the ground in Iraq tried to communicate to Bush, and as his intelligence agencies tried to tell him.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
24 June 2025
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Simultaneously, Dani Olmo could act as a false number 9 while a Robert Lewandowski believed to be on his way to Saudi Arabia in 2026 is gradually phased out.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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However, according to the Baseball Rules Academy, the umpires got the call wrong.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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One of the company’s big assumptions about the phone had turned out to be wrong.—
Verne Kopytoff,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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“Untrustworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrustworthy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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