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🙈 Too much trust 🙈 To trust too much
to overtrust

to overtrust

6.8
To believe someone or something too much
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈtrʌst/
translation icon : sobreconfiar
  • To be sure, some people are overtrusting: for any given Onion article, after all, there's someone taking it seriously on Facebook, and images like the Day After Tomorrow shot likely started as jokes or commentary that were misinterpreted.

Examples

  • Many investors tend to overtrust the market forecasts without doing their own research.

  • It's easy to overtrust technology, thinking it will solve all our problems.

  • People often overtrust online reviews without verifying the sources.

Antonyms

distrust
58 3.5

A feeling that someone or something cannot be relied on

How Trusting

to overtrust
6.8
to trust
∞ 1.0
to mistrust
12 3.5

Surface Forms

overtrust infinitive
overtrusted past
overtrusted past participle
overtrusting present participle
overtrusts third person singular

Morphology

overtrust = trust (transparent) = over + trust

Formed by the productive prefix 'over-' added to the verb 'trust', yielding the verb meaning 'to trust excessively', which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Overtrust is made from over- 'too much' plus trust 'to believe in someone', like in familiar words such as overdo or overwork. So to overtrust someone is to trust them more than is safe or reasonable.