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trustless, a.|ˈtrʌstlɪs| [f. trust n. + -less.] 1. Not to be trusted or relied upon; unfaithful, unreliable, treacherous, untrustworthy.
c1530H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture 711 in Babees Bk. (1868) 101 To catche ech trustlesse traytor, see thou faythfull doe remayne. 1578T. Proctor Gorg. Gallery B ij, A sternles ship amidst the trustles Seaes. 1603Florio Montaigne ii. xii. (1632) 320 A trustles and not to be beleeved voice. 1688–9Lady R. Russell Lett. (1819) II. 18 An unkind and trustless world it has been to us. 1797A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 356 A melancholy instance of the trustless flattery of youth and prosperity. 1828E. Irving Last Days 81 Every juvenile delinquent,.. every trustless servant. 1858H. Spencer Ess. I. 308 We are constantly obliged to act out our inferences, trustless as they may be. 2. Having no trust or confidence; unbelieving, distrustful.
1598Yong Diana 114, I was..so trustles and misconceiuing of my selfe, that I thought [etc.]. 1619J. Sempill Sacrilege Handled 81 Trustles Thomas must first put his finger in his side, and then beleeue. 1838Eliza Cook Lines written at Midnight x, I've learned to look With trustless eye on all and each. 1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie, etc. 27 This trustless mammon-serving age. Hence ˈtrustlessness, untrustworthy character, faithlessness; distrustfulness.
1825Ld. Cockburn Mem. (1856) 324 Disclosing the trustlessness of town Councils..in their protected abuse of power. 1909R. Law Tests Life ix. 178 The sin and folly, the trustlessness and ingratitude of his children. |