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
Perhaps I should have mistrusted myself more from the start.
From The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair by Anna Katharine Green
Each man patted him, and praised him and said they ought to have mistrusted all the time that it could be nobody but he.
From Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Margaret Ashmun
