misconfidence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mis- + confidence.
Noun
[edit]misconfidence (uncountable)
- Lack of confidence or trust.
- 1888, David Augustus Straker, The New South Investigated, page 204:
- Slavery taught fear; fear begat misconfidence, which is the greatest blight resting upon the Negro today.
- 1925, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, page 218:
- This whole question revolves about a very apparent condition of misconfidence in the Executive Board.