complacent
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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
"But if we get complacent, then we can fall behind again because it's moving very, very fast."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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
This phase is now over, he said, in reference to past themes about the need to rewire an economy that grew too comfortable and complacent because of preferred access to the U.S. market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Maybe the medicine is working, when from nowhere the thought appeared: The medicine has made you complacent, and you forgot to change the Band-Aid this morning.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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