domain names with hyphen

Like: domain-name(dot)com I'm curious what you guys think. I know a hyphen has zero effects on SEO, but what about user trust? Does it look spammy and drive people away? And what if it's an expired domain with good backlinks and DR? Would you buy?

Should I avoid creating a domain name with a hyphen? I have read up a lot about this and found a bunch of different views on it. The reason I'm asking is because the domain I'm trying to register sounds confusing without a hyphen in the middle, however if the hyphen will hurt my ranking then i...