as in doubted
to have no trust or confidence in
a recluse who mistrusts her neighbors and stays in her house all day
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Recent Examples of mistrusted
Israel has long mistrusted UNIFIL, accusing it of failing to prevent Hezbollah from building up its military presence along the border in violation of ceasefire agreements going back two decades.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Israel has long mistrusted UNIFIL, accusing it of failing to prevent Hezbollah from building up its military presence along the border in violation of ceasefire agreements going back two decades.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Dialogue tended to be sparse in those movies, too, because people mistrusted language then, and Reichardt also likes her speeches laconic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
Those framers mistrusted power in all forms, everywhere.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
An institution once known across the world for best-practice medicine is now mistrusted by nearly half of all Americans.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Historian Terry Bouton has argued compellingly that most of the framers, landholding elites, deeply mistrusted the mass of American countrymen, and saw democracy as a wild, unruly stallion that needed to be tamed.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Israel has long mistrusted UNIFIL, accusing it of failing to prevent Hezbollah from building up its military presence along the border in violation of ceasefire agreements going back two decades.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Dialogue tended to be sparse in those movies, too, because people mistrusted language then, and Reichardt also likes her speeches laconic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
Those framers mistrusted power in all forms, everywhere.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
An institution once known across the world for best-practice medicine is now mistrusted by nearly half of all Americans.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Historian Terry Bouton has argued compellingly that most of the framers, landholding elites, deeply mistrusted the mass of American countrymen, and saw democracy as a wild, unruly stallion that needed to be tamed.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistrusted
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The decline seems to confirm predictions by some experts, who doubted a 22,250-birth increase in 2024 marked the start of an upward trend.—
Mike Stobbe,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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And certainly nobody has doubted the validity of the critics’ score.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Feb. 2026
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Hypnotists questioned the children who were with Shannon that afternoon.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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While Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told lawmakers on the record the streamer is about a 45-day exclusive theatrical window for movies, many rival studio sources have questioned the streaming boss’ intent.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Mistrusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistrusted. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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