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lack of pride

NOUN
humility
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shyness
STRONG
abasement bashfulness demureness diffidence docility lowliness meekness mortification nonresistance obedience obsequiousness passiveness reserve resignation self-abasement self-abnegation servility sheepishness subjection submissiveness subservience timidity timorousness unobtrusiveness unpretentiousness
WEAK
fawning
Antonyms
STRONG
boldness confidence
WEAK
arrogance assertiveness egoism pretentiousness pride self-importance

Example Sentences

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Unseld described what Caldwell-Pope called a lack of pride as lapses in focus, getting bored with doing the right things over and over again.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

Rocky Bleier, the Vietnam veteran turned running back who won four Super Bowl rings as part of the Super Steelers dynasty of the 1970s, chastised the current group for a "lack of pride and self-esteem."

From Fox News • Dec. 1, 2021

Our citizens did not win freedom together, did not survive horrors together, did not face down evil together only to lose our freedom to a lack of pride and confidence in our values.

From Time • Jul. 6, 2017

Drs. David Richlin and Leonard Brand of Presbyterian Hospital in New York City list the following traits: low motivation, poor self-image, lack of pride in accomplishments, dependency on others.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tendai was disgusted by his lack of pride.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer