misconfidence
nounEtymology From mis- + confidence.
1
Lack of confidence or trust.
- Slavery taught fear; fear begat misconfidence, which is the greatest blight resting upon the Negro today.1888, David Augustus Straker, The New South Investigated, page 204:
- This whole question revolves about a very apparent condition of misconfidence in the Executive Board.1925, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, page 218: