untrustworthy

Example Sentences

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In closing arguments, both sides took turns painting the other’s client as untrustworthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

You can interview people, you can get court documents—you have to get court documents, because these people can be so untrustworthy.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Law Firm in Omaha, Neb., gives the following scenario: “An untrustworthy agent might put someone in a nursing home for their own benefit or convenience instead of actual need.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

According to analysts, risks to stablecoins include an issuer deemed untrustworthy or the threat of hacking.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

Though he was untrustworthy in almost every respect, I knew, at least, that he had saved me once.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri