underconfidence

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ confidence.

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Noun

underconfidence (uncountable)

1. Insufficient confidence.
   • 2008 January 25, David Brooks, “Two Cheers for Wall St.”, in New York Times‎:

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