Underconfidence

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Insufficient confidence. uncountable

    "The cycle of overconfidence becomes a cycle of underconfidence because nobody knows who is holding worthless paper."

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"The cycle of overconfidence becomes a cycle of underconfidence because nobody knows who is holding worthless paper."

Etymology

From under- + confidence.

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