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adjective
- 1. showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements: "you can't afford to be complacent about security"
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word complacent, which means self-satisfied or unconcerned. Find out how to distinguish it from complaisant and avoid common errors.
Complacent means feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try harder. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Complacent definition: pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied. See examples of COMPLACENT used in a sentence.
Complacent means feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try harder. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms and examples from various sources on the web.
Complacent means very pleased with oneself or feeling no need to change or improve a situation. Learn more about its synonyms, pronunciation, word origin and usage in sentences from Collins English Dictionary.
Definitions of complacent. adjective. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions. “he had become complacent after years of success” synonyms: self-complacent, self-satisfied. content, contented. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are. Pronunciation. US. /kəmˈpleɪsnt/ UK. /kəmˈpleɪsɪnt/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
Complacent means too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see synonyms and pronunciation, and find out its origin and collocations.
