Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not trusty; not worthy of confidence; unfaithful.

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  • adjective not worthy of trust or belief

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Examples

  • Holding my rather untrusty camera in my hand ready for action, I began with some photos as the train crossed the Forth on the old rail bridge.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Jes 2009

  • Holding my rather untrusty camera in my hand ready for action, I began with some photos as the train crossed the Forth on the old rail bridge.

    Sunny train trip Jes 2009

  • But now I must tell thee, that it is for thy sake that I have been untrusty to my lord.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • Keep physical distance with the children could keep them untrusty.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Decio Biavati 2006

  • Keep physical distance with the children could keep them untrusty.

    il blog: School for parents, round #4 Decio Biavati 2006

  • Since he proved untrusty as a doorward, let him become an errand-runner.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • Why, we have an untrusty, worthless cur-dog in the fort here, that has been named Simon Girty, in compliment to you -- he is so like you in every thing that is ugly, wicked and mean.

    Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life Emerson Bennett

  • When obliged to go out upon any errand, Rashîd was always worried about leaving me alone, regarding me as careless of my property and so untrusty from the point of view of one who idolised it.

    Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905

  • I had crept like an untrusty man into the poor maid's affections; she was in my hand like any frail, innocent thing to make or mar; and what weapon of defence was left me?

    David Balfour, a sequel to Kidnapped. 1893

  • We should be careful not to forbid where we cannot follow a untrusty child, or what we can not prevent.

    Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885

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