Complacency will be the death of us
complacency
com·pla·cen·cy kəm-ˈplā-sᵊn(t)-sē
pluralcomplacencies
1
: a calm sense of well-being and security : the quality or state of being satisfied
especially : satisfaction or self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
When it comes to safety, complacency can be dangerous.
… if he avoids the complacency that can accompany quick riches and celebrity—he could ripen into a world-class performer.—Larry Dorman
2
: an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction
And I suggest that there's a complacency there that comes from success.—Alan Shepard, quoted in Yankee
From the word: Complacent
complacent
adjective
com·pla·cent kəm-ˈplā-sᵊnt
1
a
: marked by satisfaction with the status quo especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies : marked by complacency
The American people, so complacent up to then, suddenly buzzed with wild rumors.—Evan Thomas
b
: self-satisfied
a complacent smile
… it is perhaps the most complacent, satisfied, petit bourgeois nation in Europe, if not on earth.—Robert D. Kaplan
2
: unconcerned
False alarms, or warnings where no tornado follows, can make people complacent.—Melissa Gaskill
3
: complaisant sense 1
complacent flattery
complacently adverb
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