underconfidence

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ confidence.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underconfidence (uncountable)

  1. Insufficient confidence.
    • 2008 January 25, David Brooks, “Two Cheers for Wall St.”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The cycle of overconfidence becomes a cycle of underconfidence because nobody knows who is holding worthless paper.
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