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UNTRUSTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untrusty mean?
• UNTRUSTY (adjective)
The adjective UNTRUSTY has 1 sense:
1. not worthy of trust or belief
Familiarity information: UNTRUSTY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not worthy of trust or belief
Synonyms:
untrustworthy; untrusty
Context example:
an untrustworthy person
Similar:
devious; shifty (characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive)
fly-by-night ((of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable)
slippery; tricky (not to be trusted)
Also:
undependable; unreliable (not worthy of reliance or trust)
unfaithful (not true to duty or obligation or promises)
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
Derivation:
untrustiness (the trait of not deserving trust or confidence)
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