untrustiness

8.5

A state in which someone or something cannot be trusted

noun
/ʌnˈtrʌstɪnəs/

: falta de confianza

Her untrustiness became apparent when she lied about her whereabouts.

Examples

The deal fell through because of the untrustiness of the company involved.
He was criticized for his untrustiness in both business and personal matters.
Her untrustiness led to the failure of the project.
The untrustiness of the information was concerning.
His untrustiness made it difficult for friends to rely on him for support.
The team questioned his untrustiness after he failed to deliver on his promises.
Due to her history of untrustiness, many were hesitant to work with her again.

Synonyms

unreliability

vsuntrustiness

3 5.5

Not being dependable or able to be trusted

focuses more on moral or general lack of deserving trust

faithlessness

vsuntrustiness

1 7.7

Not being loyal or keeping promises to people who trust you

refers more generally to not deserving trust rather than specific betrayal

untrustworthiness

vsuntrustiness

1 7.2

A quality of not being reliable or honest

is a less common variant form used instead of the standard noun

undependability

vsuntrustiness

7.9

A person or thing that cannot be trusted

applies to broader character fault rather than just practical failure

Antonyms

trustworthiness

12 3.8

A quality that shows someone or something is reliable and honest

How Trustworthy

trustworthiness

12 3.8

reliability

60 3.5

untrustiness

8.5

Surface Forms

untrustiness singular

untrustinesses plural

Morphology

untrustiness = untrusty (transparent) = un + trust + y + ness

Formed by adding the productive nominalizing suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'untrusty', yielding the state or quality.

Etymology

Untrustiness is made from un- ('not'), trust ('to believe or rely on someone') and -ness ('state or quality'). So, untrustiness is the 'state of not being trustworthy', which explains why it means someone does not deserve trust.