underconfident en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English confident English underconfident From under- + confident.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Insufficiently confident; lacking confidence.
In some ways, all people are underconfident.
1949, Geraldine Saltberg, Our Teachers Mold Our Nation's Future, page 155:
Antonyms
overweening · overconfident · arrogant