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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She mistrusted the comfort of a collective identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
USC insisted that complaints be first processed under the university’s internal Title IX office — which many students said they mistrusted due to delays and other deficiencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 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
I could not go on sitting there, playing with my hair-brush, letting her see how much I feared and mistrusted her.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
