ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMPLACENT
From Latin complacēns very pleasing, from complacēre to be most agreeable to, from com- (intensive) + placēre to please.
10 QUOTES WITH «COMPLACENT»
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complacent.
When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.
People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.
I had some downtime with my career and... I got complacent.
It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience.
I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.
I never did work in the off-season, and I never did play winter ball or anything else. I think it was good for me to get away after a full season... In those days, I don't think anyone ever got too complacent.
The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable, eagerly welcomed, and readily salable designs.
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPLACENT»
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complacent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
complacent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Common Class: Egoism and the Attack on American Education
Memhers of the Complacent Class are people who are contented to a fizult. They
are uncritically satisfied with their lives. They are smug and unaware that their
own self-satisfizction is morally myopic and dangerous to democracy. Members
of ...
2
Europe 2020: Competitive Or
Complacent?
In the context of today's debates about the rise of other world regions, this book offers some unanticipated conclusions and makes recommendations with important implications for decision makers in Europe -- and around the globe.
Daniel Sheldon Hamilton, 2011
3
The Ethics of Animal Re-creation and Modification: Reviving, ...
If it turned out to be reversible, then people would become more complacent. The
disease would not be so bad. When we transpose it into a medical context, the
complacency objection seems to fall flat. Of course scientists should work on ...
Markku Oksanen, Helena Siipi, 2014
4
Targets for Teachers: A Self-study Guide for Teachers in the ...
A complacent teacher may collect student data for grading, but not use it to drive
instructional decisions. Teachers who find themselves becoming complacent
often follow the administration's directives. For example, a teacher may read ...
Judy K. Werder Sargent, Ann E. Smejkal, 2000
5
Isaiah 1-39: With an Introduction to Prophetic Literature
9 employs three feminine plural imperatives tq6mena, "rise up": sfma'na, "hear":
ha'zenn6, "give ear"), which call for the attention of the "women who are at ease/
complacent daughters." Although v. 10 is syntactically independent of v.
Marvin Alan Sweeney, 1996
6
Garner's Modern American Usage
LANGUAGE-CHANGE INDEX *self-admitted for admitted: Stage 3 *self-
complacent is redundant, complacent being sufficient—e.g.: • “You will remind
the self-complacent [read complacent] to stop and think of their fellow men.” Joe
Fitzgerald ...
how do the complacent think? The complacent virtually never think they are
complacent. “I'm doing what's right.” “Sometimes it isn't easy, but I know what to
do and I do it—or if I can't entirely do it, the problem is created over there (in that ...
When we talk about the unconditional love of God, the love that never fails, we
are talking about his complacent love, the third type of divine love. The concept of
complacent love is a bit difficult to grasp, because it is not used in the sense in ...
9
A Revision of the Lepidopterous Family Sphingidae
Smerinthux complacent, Bartel, l.c. p. 163 (19<K>) (partim ; Shanghai). c? ? .
Upper- and underside of body and wings paler than in the other subspecies;
mesial line of abdomen not marked or vestigial ; anal angle of hiudwing above
with a ...
Lionel Walter Rothschild Baron Rothschild, Karl Jordan, 1903
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The Rules Book: Complete 2013-2016 Rules
A special case on a port hand rounding Both Complacent and Ricochet must
keep clear of Starboard under rule 10 while on port tack and under rule 13 while
tack- ing. Ricochet should have acted sooner by hailing Complacent
STARBOARD ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPLACENT»
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complacent is used in the context of the following news items.
Abbott 'complacent over Greece and China financial turmoil
Labor has warned Tony Abbott against being “complacent” about the financial turmoil in Greece and China, after the Prime Minister answered ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
'Complacent' US markets ignore growing Greek risk
'Complacent' US markets ignore growing Greek risk. Despite the mounting uncertainty over the future of the euro and Greece's membership of ... «GlobalCapital, Jul 15»
Govt 'complacent' on economy
Opposition parties are accusing the Prime Minister of complacency over the state of the economy, after John Key said there was no need to hit ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Letter: Hillary Clinton complacent in foreign policy disaster
After reading Thomas Sowell in the June 29 E-R, concerning Hillary Clinton in supporting Obama's foreign policy, I am convinced our foreign ... «Chico Enterprise-Record, Jul 15»
Malaysian Food Products Good, Exporters Must Not Be Complacent
NEW YORK -- While Malaysian food products are perceived as attractive and competitive, experts admonish Malaysian suppliers should not fall ... «malaysiandigest.com, Jul 15»
The Chicago Bulls Can't Afford to Feel Complacent
Yesterday, the Bulls made two significant, yet highly expected moves to kick off their free agency, re-upping Jimmy Butler for five-years, $90 ... «Today's Fastbreak, Jul 15»
The Ottawa Senators Are Becoming Too Complacent
The first day of free agency hasn't exactly been a kind day for Ottawa Senators fans over the years. Rarely has the team ever signed a “big fish” ... «SenShot, Jul 15»
Cynthia Nixon: Don't Get Complacent About LGBT Rights
Cynthia Nixon, star of Sex in the City, wrote an op-ed in Variety urging LGBT activists to continue to fight for marriage equality. Even though the ... «TIME, Jul 15»
'We Have Grown Complacent About Racially Isolated Schools'
As a country, we have grown complacent about racially isolated schools, just like we were complacent, until very recently, about confederate ... «Education Week, Jul 15»
MUETA: another trap for the complacent practitioner
We in Massachusetts enjoy a rather unique process of buying and selling residential real estate. Even before the lawyers are called on to ... «Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Jul 15»
