Meaning

2 senses

  1. To fail to trust; to distrust.

  2. To mark or flag (something) as untrustworthy.

Origin

From Middle English untrust, untriste, probably from Old Norse útraustr (“untrustworthy”).

From Middle English untrust, untriste, probably from Old Norse útraustr (“untrustworthy”). Cognate with Icelandic útraustur.

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Forms

untrusts, untrusting, untrusted, untrusted
Base formuntrust · to untrust
3rd person singularuntrusts
Present participleuntrusting
Past simpleuntrusted
Past participleuntrusted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyuntrust
he, she, ituntrusts

Past simpleLesson

all personsuntrusted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave untrusted
he, she, ithas untrusted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill untrust

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
untreatableuntreatedB2untrueuntrustworthyuntruthunusable

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