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Etymology

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mis- +‎ confidence

Noun

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misconfidence (uncountable)

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