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
Russia will come up with new, complex, and far-reaching demands, with strategic stability issues, regarding U.S. military installations in eastern Europe and will turn out to be an expensive and untrustworthy partner.
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Wolfgang Ischinger, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2025
CEOs’ disdain for Putin’s Russia is anchored in their knowledge that Putin is an untrustworthy dictator who might well nationalize their businesses at a moment’s notice.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
McHenry deemed them untrustworthy, the spokesman said.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
The name derived, Kondratyuk said, from a post-Soviet joke about an untrustworthy Russian-speaking fish.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Wolfgang Ischinger, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2025
CEOs’ disdain for Putin’s Russia is anchored in their knowledge that Putin is an untrustworthy dictator who might well nationalize their businesses at a moment’s notice.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
McHenry deemed them untrustworthy, the spokesman said.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
The name derived, Kondratyuk said, from a post-Soviet joke about an untrustworthy Russian-speaking fish.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrustworthy
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This minimizes the risk of landing on a fraudulent page designed to mimic a legitimate website.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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If the auditor comes to believe that the taxpayer engaged in fraudulent behavior, the auditor must stop the audit and refer the matter to Criminal Investigation (CI).—
Bruce Brumberg,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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All Republicans in the General Assembly are lame ducks and Shoemaker is being dishonest in his criticism of me for not towing the party’s strategy of failure.—
Christopher Eric Bouchat,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
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Their termination e-mails were short, impersonal, and, in many cases, dishonest.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Stricter consumer protection laws worldwide mean businesses face mounting scrutiny and potential legal repercussions for deceptive claims.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Issues concerning the scheme arise when the business utilizing it sells the data of consumers without proper consent or for deceptive purposes, as this could violate laws, the company said.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And then there is Derek McDaniel, whose incorrect assembling of his nomination packet for 2023 city council race resulted in a circuit court judge bouncing him from the ballot, and whose campaign yard sign size and placement have been questioned in this race.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Do not sign an immigration form that includes incorrect information or blanks.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Kim Soo Hyun also claimed that many text messages that had been distributed online, purportedly between him and Kim Sae-ron, were false.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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Nothing progressive or compassionate about continuing that false hope which attracts people to make those journeys.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In the case of the Ruscha photographs, computer vision was simply wrong.—
Sonja Drimmer,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Rhian, who grew up traveling and eating street food without issue, never expected anything to go wrong.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Untrustworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrustworthy. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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