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distrust

noun as in lack of faith in something

verb as in be suspicious, skeptical of

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But distrusting the Fed and abandoning the dollar are completely different moves.

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Many of these workers distrust the media and other elite institutions they feel have failed them.

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Part of what has fueled distrust of college in general is that higher education has become the default institution training workers for jobs — and at least by some measures it is struggling to do that.

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The distrust between Beijing and Washington presents "a great window of opportunity" for Brazil, according to the minister, Silveira.

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The collapse of a British prosecution of two alleged spies for China has sown more distrust throughout U.K. politics and government than Mr. Xi could dream.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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