неблагонадёжный

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Russian

Etymology

не- (ne-) +‎ благонадёжный (blagonadjóžnyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

неблагонадёжный (neblagonadjóžnyj)

  1. untrustworthy, unreliable
    Antonym: благонадёжный (blagonadjóžnyj)
    • 1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава пятнадцатая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Очеви́дно, ня́ня и други́е на́ши лю́ди зна́ли, что в э́том ларце́ сокры́ты больши́е драгоце́нности, и все заме́тили, что шкату́лка с пе́рвого же мгнове́ния останови́ла на себе́ а́лчное внима́ние на́шего неблагонадёжного хозя́ина.
      Očevídno, njánja i drugíje náši ljúdi ználi, što v étom larcé sokrýty bolʹšíje dragocénnosti, i vse zamétili, što škatúlka s pérvovo že mgnovénija ostanovíla na sebé álčnoje vnimánije náševo neblagonadjóžnovo xozjáina.
      Obviously, the nanny and our other people knew that this coffer concealed a great treasure, and everybody had noticed that from the first moment it had caught the greedy attention of our untrustworthy host.
    • 2018, ДДТ [DDT] (lyrics and music), “Мёртвый человек [Mjórtvyj čelovek]”, in Галя ходи:
      Мир вне зако́на! Неблагонадёжный!
      Mir vne zakóna! Neblagonadjóžnyj!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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