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- Dictionarycomplacent/kəmˈpleɪsnt/
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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adjective. disapproving uk / kəmˈpleɪ.s ə nt / us / kəmˈpleɪ.s ə nt / Add to word list. feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try any harder: a complacent smile / attitude. We can't afford to become complacent about any of our products. Synonym. self-satisfied disapproving.
The meaning of COMPLACENT is marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies : marked by complacency : self-satisfied. How to use complacent in a sentence.
COMPLACENT meaning: 1. feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try…. Learn more.
A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
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.
Someone who is complacent has become overly content — the junk-food-eating couch potato might be feeling complacent about his health. The literal meaning of this word's Latin root is "very pleased," but even though complacent people may seem pleased with themselves, we are rarely pleased with them.
adjective. /kəmˈpleɪsnt/ (usually disapproving) too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary; showing or feeling complacency. a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment. complacent about somebody/something We must not become complacent about progress. Extra Examples.
