Definitions

credibility gap

NOUN

lack of trust

Synonyms

WEAK

discrepancy disparity doubtfulness forswearing inconsistency perjury question unreliability untrustworthiness untruthfulness

Example Sentences

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South Korean officials also view their trilateral efforts with the United States and Japan to respond to the North’s threat, such as drills and increased communication, as another way to overcome the credibility gap.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

There is a credibility gap because of past broken promises.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2022

Meanwhile, his daughter has dutifully filled the credibility gap, piggybacking off her father’s not-quite mea culpa by adding that she is “committed to working with the Independent Directors to strengthen our culture and our Company.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

That was the big credibility gap for physicians.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2022

The credibility gap and the war that generated it gave rise to another kind of division: "the generation gap."

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2020