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# untrustworthy

adjective (untrustworthy, more untrustworthy, most untrustworthy)

«untrustworthy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Untrustworthy means not able to be trusted: a person who may lie or break promises, or information that may be false. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#m1)

### In the lessons

In ethics and stories it describes liars, cheats and villains. In online safety it describes websites or messages that may be fake or scams. Phrases: an untrustworthy person, an untrustworthy source, look untrustworthy.

### Examples

- He told so many lies that everyone found him untrustworthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#x1)
- That website looks untrustworthy, so don't type your password. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#x2)
- An untrustworthy friend shares your secrets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#x3)
- The fox in the story is clever but untrustworthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#x4)
- Check facts from untrustworthy sources against good ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#x5)
- Breaking promises makes you seem untrustworthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#x6)
- A Rogue laid a wager that he would prove the Oracle at Delphi to be untrustworthy by procuring from it a false reply to an inquiry by himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/#x7)

### Note

Made from un- + trust + worthy. Opposite: trustworthy, reliable. Spelled with -worthy (deserving), not -worthly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «untrustworthy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untrustworthy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«untrustworthy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/untrustworthy.html) on Mova free.