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misconfidence

misconfidence noun: lack of confidence or trust.

Noun

misconfidence (uncountable)

  1. Lack of confidence or trust.
    • Slavery taught fear; fear begat misconfidence, which is the greatest blight resting upon the Negro today.1888, David Augustus Straker, The New South Investigated, page 204
    • This whole question revolves about a very apparent condition of misconfidence in the Executive Board.1925, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, page 218

Origin of misconfidence

From mis- + confidence.

Questions about misconfidence

What does misconfidence mean?
Misconfidence means lack of confidence or trust.
What part of speech is misconfidence?
Misconfidence is a noun.

Words near misconfidence in the dictionary

  1. misconducted
  2. misconducting
  3. misconducts
  4. misconfide
  5. misconfided
  6. misconfidence
  7. misconfident
  8. misconfides
  9. misconfiding
  10. misconfiguration
  11. misconfigurations

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