underconfidence

noun

underconfidence

noun

Etymology From under- + confidence.

1

Insufficient confidence.

The cycle of overconfidence becomes a cycle of underconfidence because nobody knows who is holding worthless paper.2008 January 25, David Brooks, “Two Cheers for Wall St.”, in New York Times:

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