unconfident
Americanadjective
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As a young man, Barnes says he was unconfident.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
So confident was the state that the momentum would carry forward with Vigor — and so unconfident someone else would step up — there was no bidding process for the next five ships.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023
But over the time I’ve spent with Bud and his stable, he has never once exuded the air of an unconfident man.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2023
Instead of the focused burn that we come to find, the opening is a bit shaky, unconfident, more historical litany than the complete focus we begin to exult in later on.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022
I was cold, unconfident, obsessed by perfidy, and solitude, and fear.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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