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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Even before its debut, some have doubted whether the offering is pushing the bounds of reality.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Trailing by 27 at half, they were used to being down and doubted.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
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The driver involved was a 22-year-old Martinez man driving a 2013 Volkswagen Passat and he was questioned and released, the Marin IJ reported.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Big tech and corporate spies Grady’s stewardship of state money has been questioned in the past.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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“Distrusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distrusted. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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