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
Many Americans feared and distrusted the idea of a standing army into the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026
Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Reserve isn’t distrusted so much as unknown.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Christine said the nation’s health institutions and policies were broken, and average Americans distrusted healthcare systems.
—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
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026
Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Reserve isn’t distrusted so much as unknown.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Christine said the nation’s health institutions and policies were broken, and average Americans distrusted healthcare systems.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distrusted
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Adolf Hitler wasn’t completely fooled, and about four million mines were planted on the beaches, but the ruse worked well enough that, even as the landings got underway, some German commanders doubted Normandy was the main attack.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
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There were moments when Selby doubted himself.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
Verb
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But Florida’s family court guardians ad litem are not required to have any training in mental health or domestic abuse, while experts have long questioned the extent to which judges should rely on psychologists’ recommendations.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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Democrats and some Republicans questioned using taxpayer money for the massive project, and Republicans did not include it in the final bill when it was released on Wednesday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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“Distrusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distrusted. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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