credibility gap

NOUN

lack of trust

Synonyms

WEAK

discrepancy disparity doubtfulness forswearing inconsistency perjury question unreliability untrustworthiness untruthfulness

Example Sentences

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“COP27 must be the place to close the ambition gap, the credibility gap and the solidarity gap,” Guterres said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Now, Japan faces a credibility gap as it looks to rejoin the world.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 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