as in doubted
to have no trust or confidence in
we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car
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Recent Examples of distrusted
Christine said the nation’s health institutions and policies were broken, and average Americans distrusted healthcare systems.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 16 May 2026
About the same share, 34%, distrusted it, and another 33% neither trusted it nor distrusted it.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Days earlier, The New Yorker had published a lengthy investigation that compiled over a hundred interviews and found that many people who had worked with him distrusted him and found inconsistencies in his actions.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 14 Apr. 2026
About the same share, 34%, distrusted it, and another 33% neither trusted it nor distrusted it.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
The President is distrusted on the economy and has, per Fox News, a disapproval rating of an astonishing fifty-nine per cent.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
At least on this occasion, the award system that Chandler distrusted produced a different result.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Charles Albert’s motives were also deeply distrusted by the Tuscan democrats.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
The police — and the broader judicial apparatus — is flawed and deeply distrusted.
—Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 16 May 2026
About the same share, 34%, distrusted it, and another 33% neither trusted it nor distrusted it.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Days earlier, The New Yorker had published a lengthy investigation that compiled over a hundred interviews and found that many people who had worked with him distrusted him and found inconsistencies in his actions.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 14 Apr. 2026
About the same share, 34%, distrusted it, and another 33% neither trusted it nor distrusted it.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
The President is distrusted on the economy and has, per Fox News, a disapproval rating of an astonishing fifty-nine per cent.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
At least on this occasion, the award system that Chandler distrusted produced a different result.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Charles Albert’s motives were also deeply distrusted by the Tuscan democrats.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
The police — and the broader judicial apparatus — is flawed and deeply distrusted.
—Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distrusted
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The commission hopes its report will silence those who doubted survivors' stories, Elkayam-Levy says.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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She has been doubted a lot in her life.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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For years, athletes and parents who questioned transgender participation in women’s sports were often labeled transphobic.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Lawmakers at a recent hearing backed up clean energy advocates’ proposal, and questioned why the state would end a successful program in favor of one that has produced less energy capacity or has yet to be created.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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“Distrusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distrusted. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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