I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A climate of mistrust arises that, once in place, makes it more likely that the issues become undiscussable.
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Concern that others will discover the secrets in the dark rooms of our mind fills us with trepidation and mistrust .
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It is perhaps inevitable that professionals view advocates with a touch of apprehension and mistrust .
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Many businesspeople feel a subtle but ever-present mistrust of their readers.
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National won because so many anti-neoliberal New Zealanders voted Alliance out of an abiding mistrust of Labour.
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Their mistrust makes the prospects of overcoming the impasse all the more difficult.
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This is likely to enhance further any mistrust that exists between the two groups.
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Under the weight of Ranieri and his traders, investor mistrust eroded.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The motel clerk mistrusted Beattie because he didn't have any ID.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He didn't mistrust her exactly, there was just something he couldn't get to the bottom of.
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Historians are surely right to mistrust over-enthusiastic explorers like Oswald Spengler or Arnold Toynbee.
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I mistrust a twister like Herbert Samuel.
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Most worrying for his supporters is that Morales remains an underdog in a state that mistrusts them.
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Unfortunately, we are taught to mistrust our impulses.