as in doubt
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something
had an unfortunate mistrust of doctors, so her medical condition was allowed to worsen
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as in to doubt
to have no trust or confidence in
a recluse who mistrusts her neighbors and stays in her house all day
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Recent Examples of mistrust
Billee Howard, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Improvement in these key areas will improve issues around declining enrollment, stakeholder mistrust and retention of great teachers and staff.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The memo and other documents are more evidence that Kennedy deeply mistrusted the CIA, which had Oswald under surveillance long before Kennedy was killed on Nov. 22, 1963, Morley said.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
This has always been the case, but as the age of mistrust grows, these points will only become more critical.
—Billee Howard, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Improvement in these key areas will improve issues around declining enrollment, stakeholder mistrust and retention of great teachers and staff.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
For over a century, every global crisis has sparked a debate in the United States between two classical schools of geopolitical thought, pitting idealists, ardent supporters of foreign intervention, against realists, who mistrust lofty crusades.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The memo and other documents are more evidence that Kennedy deeply mistrusted the CIA, which had Oswald under surveillance long before Kennedy was killed on Nov. 22, 1963, Morley said.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistrust
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There is no doubt about Arsenal’s effectiveness on attacking corners, but even after the returns of Havertz and Gabriel, there will be areas to improve on the defensive side.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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For subsumed within Lincoln’s willingness to accept the Chicago nomination was knowledge — perhaps without a doubt — of what actions by states were to come and what actions were morally right for the government to pursue.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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The idea that some demonstrators were being compensated sparked wider skepticism.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
20 May 2025
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Ziff, in spite of some family skepticism toward Margouleff and his scheme, agreed.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Murderbot's newfound free will leads to odd behavior sparking suspicion from the PreservationAux team.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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Though suspicions had long surrounded Steven Pankey — a local man with ties to her church who later ran twice for the governor of Idaho — he wasn’t arrested until 2020.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Additionally, the market must focus on educating patients and clinicians on the clinical benefits of using AI and machine learning to reduce distrust and allow for further adoption of technologies that will eventually be a part of a cohesive ecosystem.—
Sabeen Shaikh,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Not only do the post-war Japan sequences have more resonance than the stiffer generational trauma-drama of 1980s England, but a vague sense of viewer distrust plagues this adaptation.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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Diorio said the increase was necessary to balance the budget amid federal cuts and economic uncertainty.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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Economists and real estate agents say a variety of factors are putting a lid on home prices, including high mortgage rates, rising inventory levels and economic uncertainty stemming from tariffs.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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“Mistrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistrust. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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