untrustworthiness
Cannot be believed
Untrustworthiness is the quality of not being reliable or worthy of confidence.
It may describe a person who breaks promises or deceives, or something that fails when depended upon: The untrustworthiness of the old bridge concerned everyone.
The word often implies a pattern rather than a single lapse: His untrustworthiness made him unsuitable for the position.
Deliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
infidelity · defection · treason · turncoat · Judas · sellout · betrayer · quisling
Deliberate misleading of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
subterfuge · manipulation · lies · fabrication · falsification · forgery · imposture · charlatanism
Tendency to disappoint expectations
- shadinessQuestionable trustworthiness
- slipperinessLack of grip
- shiftySeeming dishonest or evasive
- crookednessNot being straight
deviousness · unscrupulousness · corruptibility · dodginess · underhandedness · disreputableness · sleaziness · fickleness
Legal or financial obligation
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
exposure · jeopardy · instability · unpredictability · unreliability · riskiness · danger · hazard
Cautious distrust
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
- cautionCareful attention to risk
guardedness · vigilance · leery · cynicism · questioning · scrutiny · incredulity · apprehension
treachery
Deliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
perfidy · infidelity · defection · treason · turncoat · Judas · sellout · betrayer · quisling · renegade
deceit
Deliberate misleading of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
guile · subterfuge · manipulation · lies · fabrication · falsification · forgery · imposture · charlatanism · sham
unreliability
Tendency to disappoint expectations
- shadinessQuestionable trustworthiness
- slipperinessLack of grip
- shiftySeeming dishonest or evasive
crookedness · deviousness · unscrupulousness · corruptibility · dodginess · underhandedness · disreputableness · sleaziness · fickleness · inconsistency
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
precariousness · exposure · jeopardy · instability · unpredictability · unreliability · riskiness · danger · hazard · threat
wariness
Cautious distrust
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
caution · guardedness · vigilance · leery · cynicism · questioning · scrutiny · incredulity · apprehension · qualms
- dishonestydishonesty, deceit, duplicity, lying, mendacity
- leadership flawsarrogance, micromanaging, indecision, favoritism, poor communication
- Unreliabilityflakiness, inconsistency, undependability, unpredictability, erratic behavior
- states of integrityhonesty, dishonesty, truthfulness, deceit, sincerity
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
untrustworthinessreliability
Consistent, predictable performance
trustworthiness · dependability · steadfastness · consistency · permanence
untrustworthinesshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
integrity · probity · uprightness · rectitude · truthfulness
untrustworthinessloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · devotion · fidelity · allegiance · staunchness
trust, trustworthy, mistrust, distrust, entrust, distrustful, untrustworthy, trustee, trustworthiness