complacent
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Bonds were more mixed, with longer-term yield rising even as short-term yields fell—a sign of some modest concern that the Fed might be too complacent in fighting inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Plain speaking Education Minister Leighton Andrews called the results a "wake-up call" for a "complacent" system and introduced a new raft of reforms.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
It suggests that the second group is complacent and established, and the first takes advantage of their laziness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Popular risk indicators remained relatively contained, raising the risk that investors might be feeling complacent about all of these risks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
“To think I was complacent here, while all this was going on.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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