Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underconfidence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-con-fi-dence
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Insufficient confidence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The cycle of overconfidence becomes a cycle of underconfidence because nobody knows who is holding worthless paper."

Etymology

From under- + confidence.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does underconfidence mean?: Insufficient confidence.
Where does underconfidence come from?: From under- + confidence.

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