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Learn “Complacency

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Complacency

noun/kum-PLAY-sun-see/

A smug, careless feeling of being satisfied so you stop trying.

Her complacency about spelling meant she never checked her work.

Complacency sounds like 'come, lazy' — being too pleased and lazy to keep trying.

Use 'complacency' for a harmful, over-comfortable attitude that stops effort.