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- Dictionarycomplacent/kəmˈpleɪsnt/
adjective
- 1. showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements: "you can't afford to be complacent about security"
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The meaning of COMPLACENT is marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies : marked by complacency : self-satisfied. How to use complacent in a sentence.
A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous. We cannot afford to be complacent about our health.
COMPLACENT definition: 1. feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try…. Learn more.
A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
COMPLACENT meaning: 1. feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try…. Learn more.
complacent meaning, definition, what is complacent: pleased with a situation, especially som...: Learn more.
Complacent definition: pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied. See examples of COMPLACENT used in a sentence.
adjective. /kəmˈpleɪsnt/ (usually disapproving) too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary; showing or feeling complacency. a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment. complacent about somebody/something We must not become complacent about progress. Extra Examples.
Someone who is complacent has become overly content — the junk-food-eating couch potato might be feeling complacent about his health.
1. : self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. When it comes to safety, complacency can be dangerous. 2. : an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction. Synonyms. amour propre. bighead. complacence. conceitedness. egotism. pomposity. pompousness. pridefulness. self-admiration.
