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
The theory holds that when a government or leader becomes deeply unpopular or mistrusted, any action—good or bad—will be viewed with intense hostility and suspicion by their counterpart.
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Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 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.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
Those framers mistrusted power in all forms, everywhere.
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Jack Fink,
CBS News,
21 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.
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Matthew Redmond
august 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 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.
—
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
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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Some residents of northern Israel doubted the fighting would stop.
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Still, Tom Bartošák-Harlow, a spokesman for the International Chamber of Shipping, a trade association for shipowners and operators, doubted whether merchant ships would quickly start their engines and head for the exit.
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Riff questioned Hochman on Thursday about what legal grounds a judge had to halt a payout that the five county supervisors wanted to move forward despite the fraud allegations that first came to light in October.
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Tangipa also questioned how districts would verify eligibility while protecting employee privacy.
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“Mistrusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistrusted. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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