as in fraudulent
not able to be trusted; not trustworthy
an untrustworthy person He has proven himself untrustworthy.
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Recent Examples of untrustworthy
Russia will come up with new, complex, and far-reaching demands, with strategic stability issues, regarding U.S. military installations in eastern Europe and will turn out to be an expensive and untrustworthy partner.
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Wolfgang Ischinger, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2025
CEOs’ disdain for Putin’s Russia is anchored in their knowledge that Putin is an untrustworthy dictator who might well nationalize their businesses at a moment’s notice.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
McHenry deemed them untrustworthy, the spokesman said.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
The name derived, Kondratyuk said, from a post-Soviet joke about an untrustworthy Russian-speaking fish.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Wolfgang Ischinger, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2025
CEOs’ disdain for Putin’s Russia is anchored in their knowledge that Putin is an untrustworthy dictator who might well nationalize their businesses at a moment’s notice.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
McHenry deemed them untrustworthy, the spokesman said.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
The name derived, Kondratyuk said, from a post-Soviet joke about an untrustworthy Russian-speaking fish.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrustworthy
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Multiple users commented on Joann's latest post about fraudulent websites to criticize the chain's decision about gift cards.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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March 6 Check fraud: The City of Saratoga reported that someone attempted to access government funds with fraudulent checks.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps Simpson’s most dishonest claim was that Social Security’s drafters deliberately set the retirement age at 65 because life expectancy in 1935, at the time of enactment, was 63.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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Higher-ups and colleagues see through the charade as dishonest.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Stricter consumer protection laws worldwide mean businesses face mounting scrutiny and potential legal repercussions for deceptive claims.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Issues concerning the scheme arise when the business utilizing it sells the data of consumers without proper consent or for deceptive purposes, as this could violate laws, the company said.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Hallucinations, on the other hand, occur when an AI system is asked to provide factual information or perform specific tasks but instead generates incorrect or misleading content while presenting it as accurate.—
Anna Choi,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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And then there is Derek McDaniel, whose incorrect assembling of his nomination packet for 2023 city council race resulted in a circuit court judge bouncing him from the ballot, and whose campaign yard sign size and placement have been questioned in this race.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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As part of the scheme, prosecutors said Bock and Said submitted false documentation to the Minnesota Department of Education, including fraudulent meal counts and fake attendance rosters.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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The pivotal addition to the the state Civil Code reads: Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Bias is a problem because AI learns from past data, and if that data has mistakes or unfair patterns, AI can repeat them, leading to wrong or unfair decisions.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Untrustworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrustworthy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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