untrustworthy

/ ʌnˈtrʌstˌwɜːðɪ /

adjective

1. not worthy of being trusted

   untrustworthy witnesses

Example Sentences

“While it is certainly expected that political candidates address geopolitics, and while there are legitimate and serious criticisms of the Chinese Communist Party, imprecise and inflammatory rhetoric can create the false narrative that targets Asian Americans as untrustworthy, anti-American or ‘perpetual foreigners,’” the letter said.

From Los Angeles Times

Harris argues that Trump is untrustworthy on the issue, and she vocally supports federal legislation allowing abortions until a fetus could survive outside the uterus, and later if required for medical reasons.

From Los Angeles Times

In a literal textbook example of antisemitism and white supremacy, Trump operates from the assumption that Jewish people constitute a type of inherently untrustworthy hive mind — one that must prove its loyalty to him.

From Salon

I say “apparently” because some Teamster officials ridiculed that internal poll as unscientific and untrustworthy, saying it was based on a survey printed on the back of the union’s magazine, which meant haphazard responses.

From Slate

This is the message that Trump seeks to sow with his contempt for Harris’ identity: that she won’t pick a side—and that her lack of allegiance to one race or ethnicity or “side” makes her inherently untrustworthy.

From Slate

Related Words

• deceitful
• dishonest
• disloyal
• false
• irresponsible
• treacherous
• unreliable
• unsafe