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underconfidence

underconfidence noun: insufficient confidence.

Noun

underconfidence (uncountable)

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

Origin of underconfidence

From under- + confidence.

Questions about underconfidence

What does underconfidence mean?
Underconfidence means insufficient confidence.
What part of speech is underconfidence?
Underconfidence is a noun.

Words near underconfidence in the dictionary

  1. underconcerned
  2. undercondensation
  3. undercondensations
  4. undercondensed
  5. underconditioned
  6. underconfidence
  7. underconfident
  8. underconform
  9. underconformed
  10. underconforming
  11. underconforms

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