Untrusting is an English word with synonyms like leery or mistrustful. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Untrusting meaning
Without trust; not inclined to trust.
Synonyms of Untrusting
Using Untrusting
- The main meaning on this page is: Without trust; not inclined to trust.
- Useful related words include: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, wary.
- In the example corpus, untrusting often appears in combinations such as: untrusting of, and untrusting.
Context around Untrusting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Untrusting
- In this selection, "untrusting" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reportedly and little stand out and add context to how "untrusting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little untrusting of ripley and also reportedly untrusting of washington. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "untrusting" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with untrusting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Paltrow plays Dickie's girlfriend Marge who is friendly yet a little untrusting of Ripley. (15 words)
He’s currently looking for a new deal that pays him like one of the league’s top tackles (he is) and is also reportedly untrusting of Washington management and its training staff. (33 words)
The reality star explained she is upset because she didn’t want to be the only Black female left in the house who was mad and untrusting of a Black male in the house. (34 words)
It very quickly establishes itself as an intensely psychological drama, putting viewers in the mind of its main character and showing the ways he's frequently disorientated, confused, and untrusting of people he doesn't always recognize. (37 words)
The reality star explained she is upset because she didn’t want to be the only Black female left in the house who was mad and untrusting of a Black male in the house. (34 words)
He’s currently looking for a new deal that pays him like one of the league’s top tackles (he is) and is also reportedly untrusting of Washington management and its training staff. (33 words)
Example sentences (4)
It very quickly establishes itself as an intensely psychological drama, putting viewers in the mind of its main character and showing the ways he's frequently disorientated, confused, and untrusting of people he doesn't always recognize.
The reality star explained she is upset because she didn’t want to be the only Black female left in the house who was mad and untrusting of a Black male in the house.
He’s currently looking for a new deal that pays him like one of the league’s top tackles (he is) and is also reportedly untrusting of Washington management and its training staff.
Paltrow plays Dickie's girlfriend Marge who is friendly yet a little untrusting of Ripley.
Common combinations with untrusting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- untrusting of 4×
- and untrusting 2×