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trustless

[ truhst-lis ]
/ ˈtrʌst lɪs /
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adjective
not worthy of trust; faithless; unreliable; false: He was trustless when money was involved.
distrustful; suspicious: a doorman trustless of all strangers.
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Origin of trustless

First recorded in 1520–30; trust + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM trustless

trust·less·ly, adverbtrust·less·ness, noun

Words nearby trustless

trustful, trust fund, trust hotel, trustification, trusting, trustless, trustor, trust territory, trustworthiness, trustworthy, trusty
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Words related to trustless

arguable, debatable, equivocal, fishy, hesitant, improbable, problematic, questionable, reluctant, shady, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unclear, unconvinced, unreliable, unsure, deceitful, dishonest, disloyal

How to use trustless in a sentence

  • I cannot bear that any uncertain, trustless person should come in here.

    The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

  • As trustless women should: until no womb Of lies is left in the world!

    The Immortal Lure|Cale Young Rice

British Dictionary definitions for trustless

trustless
/ (ˈtrʌstlɪs) /
adjective archaic, or literary
untrustworthy; deceitful
distrusting; wary; suspicious

Derived forms of trustless

trustlessly, adverbtrustlessness, noun
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