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distrust

noun as in lack of faith in something

verb as in be suspicious, skeptical of

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Example Sentences

I implicitly distrust any custard pie recipe that tells you to bake it at a higher temperature because it just isn’t right.

From Salon

Although a string of nuclear disasters decades ago had caused the majority of older Americans to distrust the technology, this hasn’t been the case for younger generations.

Notably, the rise in executive powers has coincided with a creeping distrust of government in this country.

From Salon

But distrust is fuelled by the fact that neither India nor Mauritius has published the details of the 2015 memorandum of understanding, so their plans for the future are unknown.

From BBC

Vaccine hesitancy is one piece of a growing distrust in public health exacerbated by the government’s pandemic response that many experts fear will only deepen with the new Trump Administration.

From Salon

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

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