mistrust
noun
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
mistrusted
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past participleof mistrust.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mistrust.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mistrustnounlack of trust or confidence; distrust.
Example Sentences
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History is a useful reminder that a royal scandal is a convenient tool for an unpopular and beleaguered political class, a mistrusted army of newspaper hacks, and a disgruntled public, desperate for a plausible villain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
This new wave of Chinese migrants – many of them still awaiting asylum – now feel themselves caught in a pincer: mistrusted by Americans, unwanted by Beijing, and sometimes suspended in legal limbo.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
“The human rights people mistrusted the military, the military distrusted the guerrillas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Involving the Shin Bet, which is deeply mistrusted by Palestinian citizens, is another sign of the tone deafness, critics say.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
Filled with gratitude and relief, I seized the hem of her skirt, dusty though it was, and buried my face in its folds, crying like a sorry child that I had ever mistrusted her.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
