lack of confidence
Example Sentences
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Ehrlich displayed a total lack of confidence in man’s ability to improvise, innovate and invent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
“Is that wrong? Not at all, but it shows the lack of confidence people have in private credit. The more they don’t do it, the more confidence is lost and their stock prices drop.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026
That lack of confidence is mirrored in the coaching box, with Borthwick reluctant to trust his replacements in Rome, despite how well the bench did for him in the autumn.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
All said, the lack of confidence is an interesting assessment of the economy by consumers—coming just ahead of tomorrow’s Fed policy meeting.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Vincent thinks he’s talking about Theo, but he's thinking about himself: for him, painting is the answer to his misery, to his lack of confidence, to his feelings of being at sea in the world.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
