"weakened trust" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where trust between two individuals or groups has been diminished or damaged. For example: - The scandal has resulted in weakened trust between the government and its citizens. - After numerous broken promises, there was a sense of weakened trust between the company and its employees. - The argument had caused a rift in the friendship, leading to weakened trust between the two friends.
Pilots experiencing an attack report heavier workload and weakened trust in the system than pilots whose aircraft is not under attack.
The general public caught on to all this a lot quicker than the experts did, which put the last nail in the coffin of the already weakened trust in the financial system.
Such tactics may temporarily increase profits, but at the expense of further erosion in the public's already weakened trust of the news media.
State-run Radio Moscow said Reagan's speech was an attempt to restore Americans' "weakened trust" in their leader, adding that he admitted a mistake that "boiled down to an arms-for-hostages deal". The radio noted without comment that Reagan denied knowing about the transfer of arms-sales proceeds to contra rebels fighting the leftist government of Nicaragua.
The Koran burning, however, has taken the animosity to a new level, eroding further the weakened trust between the Afghans and Americans.
But given the weakened trust level among the parties these days, they may try to flip it to a tender offer.
Canada's media bailout will weaken trust in journalism.
By further polarizing public perceptions of electoral integrity and weakening trust in vote tallies, it may change politics without changing policy at all.
Spectacular though not significant militarily, the attacks nonetheless serve to weaken trust in the government and show that the Taliban can still outmaneuver, even if for only a few hours, both the Afghan forces and their Western counterparts.
Authoritarians and extremists, on the other hand, often merely have to muddy the waters and weaken trust in general so that everyone is too fractured and paralyzed to act.
As corporations lower their compensation costs by holding down the cost of employee benefits, they increased employee alienation, weakening trust and dampening enthusiasm for the work.
