untrustworthy

«untrustworthy» in Mova's school dictionary: not able to be trusted: a person who may lie or break… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (untrustworthy, more untrustworthy, most untrustworthy)

meaning for a pupil

Untrustworthy means not able to be trusted: a person who may lie or break promises, or information that may be false. tree →

sense 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 →
• That website looks untrustworthy, so don't type your password. tree →
• An untrustworthy friend shares your secrets. tree →
• The fox in the story is clever but untrustworthy. tree →
• Check facts from untrustworthy sources against good ones. tree →
• Breaking promises makes you seem untrustworthy. tree →
• 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 →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «untrustworthy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.