untrusting

(ʌnˈtrʌstɪŋ)

adj

not trusting; mistrustful

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Adj.

untrusting - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

leery, mistrustful, suspicious, wary

distrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson

untrusting

adjective

Lacking trust or confidence:

distrustful, doubting, leery, mistrustful, suspicious.

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