Definition of "mistrust" []

• Lack of trust or confidence arising from suspicion. See Synonyms at uncertainty. (noun)
• To regard without trust or confidence. (verb-transitive)
• To be wary, suspicious, or doubtful. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Such mistrust is abundantly evident, time and again, in the very books presumably designed to reduce it in the name of relationship building."
• "They decide to take her up on it, but there is mistrust from the beginning because they don’t know what this woman is hiding up her sleeve, the actress smiles."
• "The sense of fear, suspicion, and mistrust is shown as pervasive, and it’s suggested that the only exceptional thing about Dreyman’s being under surveillance is how long it took."