untrustworthy

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ trustworthy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnˈtɹʌstˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

untrustworthy (comparative more untrustworthy or (uncommon) untrustworthier, superlative most untrustworthy or (uncommon) untrustworthiest)

1. Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
   • 2000, Robert Sobel, The Big Board: A History of the New York Stock Market, →ISBN, page 4:

     While a corrupt Chuch and untrustworthy nobles and kings scraped for power, businessmen in Italy honored pledges of businessmen from England and Scandinavia. This trust (some have called it honor among thieves) is still a hallmark of modern brokerage.

Synonyms

• (not deserving of trust, unreliable): inaccurate, insincere, unreliable, faithless

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “not deserving of trust, unreliable”): true, accurate, sincere, faithful, reliable.

Translations

not deserving of trust; unreliable

• Bulgarian: ненадежден (bg) (nenadežden)
• Czech: nedůvěryhodný
• Dutch: onbetrouwbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: malfidinda
• Galician: falso (gl)
• Georgian: არასანდო (arasando), არასაიმედო (arasaimedo), არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno)
• German: unzuverlässig (de), nicht vertrauenswürdig
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄπιστος (ápistos)

• Hungarian: megbízhatatlan (hu)
• Ido: desfidela (io), desfidema (io)
• Latin: infidus, levifīdus
• Macedonian: недо́верлив (nedóverliv), неверодо́стоен (neverodóstoen)
• Maori: ngutu tere (of people)
• Romanian: îndoielnic (ro), nesigur (ro)
• Russian: ненадёжный (ru) (nenadjóžnyj), не заслу́живающий дове́рия (ne zaslúživajuščij dovérija)
• Swedish: opålitlig (sv)
• Telugu: అవిశ్వసనీయము (te) (aviśvasanīyamu), నమ్మదగని (nammadagani)
• Tocharian B: empakwatte