adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
too
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While a strong currency has some virtues, officialdom is probably a little too complacent .
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My main criticism of the proposals is that the reforms that they suggest are far too complacent and conservative.
■ NOUN
attitude
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It is claimed that the lack of competition and market discipline induces a complacent attitude in both management and the workforce.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We've been winning, but we're not going to get complacent .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As long as the presence of doubt is detected anywhere, neither faith nor knowledge can ever be complacent .
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But people do it; then things blow up; then people are careful for a while; then people get complacent .
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Happy but not complacent - our aim must be 100% Good to Excellent.
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He said that we have become complacent about child labour, and that the situation is much worse than it appears.
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I would have been insufferably snobbish and complacent .
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She can cook for hours and feel almost complacent , she says.
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The 4-0 Vikings had one this week to allow Warren Moon to tell all his young teammates not to get complacent .