underconfident

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ confident.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underconfident (not comparable)

1. Insufficiently confident; lacking confidence
   • 1949, Geraldine Saltberg, Our Teachers Mold Our Nation's Future‎^[1], page 155:

     In some ways, all people are underconfident.

Antonyms

• overconfident