mistrust
noun
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
have mistrusted
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present perfectof mistrust.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Naipaul's Indian heritage made him appear sympathetic to some who might otherwise have mistrusted him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most Washington newsmen have mistrusted Brownell ever since he disclosed to five favored reporters the nomination of California's Earl Warren to be Chief Justice of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
His dictionary is an earnest contribution to education in internationalism, aimed to expose the way in which men of different nations have mistrusted and misjudged each other through the ages.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You could not have been better advised than to have mistrusted such a man."
From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Rafael Sabatini
He looked in so many directions at once that anybody else would have mistrusted him.
From The New Gulliver and Other Stories by Barry Pain
