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Untrustworthy vs Untrusted - What's the difference?

untrustworthy | untrusted |

As adjectives the difference between untrustworthy and untrusted

is that untrustworthy is not deserving of trust; unreliable while untrusted is not trusted.

untrustworthy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not]] [[deserve, deserving of trust; unreliable.

    • Synonyms

    * inaccurate, insincere, unreliable

    Antonyms

    * true, accurate, sincere, faithful, reliable.

    untrusted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not trusted.

    • Usage notes

    * Used especially in computer science, cryptography, etc. to refer to a party or system that may be malicious or unsafe.