UNTRUSTWORTHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does untrustworthiness mean? 

• UNTRUSTWORTHINESS (noun)
  The noun UNTRUSTWORTHINESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of not deserving trust or confidence

  Familiarity information: UNTRUSTWORTHINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNTRUSTWORTHINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of not deserving trust or confidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

untrustiness; untrustworthiness

Hypernyms ("untrustworthiness" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "untrustworthiness"):

irresponsibility; irresponsibleness (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)

Antonym:

trustworthiness (the trait of deserving trust and confidence)

Derivation:

untrustworthy (not worthy of trust or belief)