Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underconfident

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently confident; lacking confidence.

Example Sentences

"In some ways, all people are underconfident."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English confident English underconfident From under- + confident.

Frequently Paired Words

unconfident confident self-assured

Antonyms

overconfident overweening arrogant

Questions

What does underconfident mean?: Insufficiently confident; lacking confidence.
Where does underconfident come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English confident English underconfident From under- + confident.

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