COMPLACENT


Meaning of COMPLACENT in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

too

While a strong currency has some virtues, officialdom is probably a little too complacent .

My main criticism of the proposals is that the reforms that they suggest are far too complacent and conservative.

■ NOUN

attitude

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

We've been winning, but we're not going to get complacent .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As long as the presence of doubt is detected anywhere, neither faith nor knowledge can ever be complacent .

But people do it; then things blow up; then people are careful for a while; then people get complacent .

Happy but not complacent - our aim must be 100% Good to Excellent.

He said that we have become complacent about child labour, and that the situation is much worse than it appears.

I would have been insufferably snobbish and complacent .

She can cook for hours and feel almost complacent , she says.

The 4-0 Vikings had one this week to allow Warren Moon to tell all his young teammates not to get complacent .

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