untrustworthily

comparative more untrustworthily · superlative most untrustworthily

1. In an untrustworthy manner.

   A short time ago I proved how superficially and untrustworthily trial trips are carried out; that is characteristic of all the bumptious self-glorification of the English.

   1902, The Contemporary Review: Volume 82, London: Horace Marshall & Son, page 27

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   Even an ordinary man cannot act untrustworthily: he falls down dead. And if one acts untrustworthily while assembling the high ministers of the overlords, he will certainly not succeed.

   1998, Asia Major, London: Lund Humphries, page 10

   If it appears that the applicant has behaved untrustworthily at a previous employer, or even if he appears to feel uncomfortable with this type of questioning, further background checking is a minimum requirement.

   2014, Tricia Saddington, Security for Small Computer Systems: A Practical Guide for Users, London: Elsevier Science, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44, →ISBN