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complacency

kuhm play suhn see

  • n  the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
    his complacency was absolutely disgusting

  • Roubini, who dismissed the rally as nothing more than a delusional complacency encouraged by a bunch of self-serving spinmasters, stuck to his script of nightmare .
  • Floridas recent scarcity of major storms has led to what emergency management officials now describe as a dangerous level of complacency.
  • Such complacency may reflect a belief that AIDS is primarily a problem in Africa, or a feeling that AIDS has become treatable, so why worry about infection.
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    ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban wants to make sure the defending national champions take nothing for granted. Saban said Tuesday during an Athens (Tenn.) Area Chamber of Commerce benefit dinner at Tennessee Wesleyan College that he showed his team a tape of James "Buster" Douglas' knockout of Mike Tyson as a warning to avoid complacency.
    June 12, 2013 - Greenwich Time
  • Saban Speech in Athens Goes Off Without a Hitch
    ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - Alabama coach Nick Saban wants to make sure the defending national champions take nothing for granted. Saban said Tuesday during an Athens (Tenn.) Area Chamber of Commerce benefit dinner at Tennessee Wesleyan College that he showed his team a tape of James "Buster" Douglas' knockout of Mike Tyson as a warning to avoid complacency. Saban's visit to a town less than 60 miles ...
    June 12, 2013 - WDEF Chattanooga
  • Mike North video: White Sox Silently Sink
    The Chicago White Sox seem to lack focus and their complacency on and off the field has pushed them to the bottom of the pro sports teams of interest in Chicago behind the Chicago Fire. Jerry Reinsdorf might be right; his family should sell the team after he's gone.
    June 10, 2013 - Daily Herald
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in National Post
    Difficulty is no excuse for complacency,said Mr. Obama. "Unease is no excuse for inaction. And we must not allow the perfect to become the enemy of progress."
  • Andrew Strauss in The Press Association
    Time after time, it appears that BP made decisions that increased the risk of a blowout to save the company time or expense. If this is what happened, BP's carelessness and complacency have inflicted a heavy toll on the Gulf, its inhabitants, and... Henry Waxman http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Waxman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHJ0ewhvZoz9CCq5P52rucQCNWNNg AOL News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.aolnews.com/gulf-oil-spill/article/bp-engineer-brian-morel-called-deepwater-horizon-rig-a-nightmare-well-before-explosion/19516105&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEzcJ5d1K0HTmXsUa3uwsiV2xoUMg Jun 14, 2010 20261 28189 complacency I don't think we're a good enough team just to turn up and win," Strauss told Wednesday's press conference. "We want to take things forward from our Australia win. There's no room for complacency on our part."

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