mistrustless

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English

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Etymology

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From mistrust +‎ -less.

Adjective

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mistrustless (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Without mistrust or suspicion; trusting, unsuspecting. [16th–20th c.]
    • 1634, William Wood, “Of the Beasts that Live on the Land”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; [], London: [] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, [], →OCLC, 1st part, page 23:
      [T]he Geeſe ſeeing this counterfet Gooſe [the ounce), approach nigh to viſit him, vvho with a ſuddaine jerke apprehends his miſtruſtleſſe prey.
    • 1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: [] W[illiam] Griffin, [], →OCLC:
      The ſwain miſtruſtleſs of his ſmutted face, / While ſecret laughter tittered round the place []