non confident

con·fi·dent

[kon-fi-duhnt]
adjective
1.
having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
2.
sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.
3.
excessively bold; presumptuous.
4.
Obsolete. trustful or confiding.
noun
5.
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Non confident is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1570–80; < Latin confīdent- (stem of confīdēns), present participle of confīdere. See confide, -ent

con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
hy·per·con·fi·dent, adjective
hy·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
non·con·fi·dent, adjective
non·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
qua·si-con·fi·dent, adjective
qua·si-con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
su·per·con·fi·dent, adjective
su·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
ul·tra·con·fi·dent, adjective
un·con·fi·dent, adjective
un·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb

confidant, confidante, confident.


1. certain, positive. See sure. 2. self-reliant, assured, intrepid.


2. modest, diffident.
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confident (ˈkɒnfɪdənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj (foll by of)
1.  having or showing confidence or certainty; sure: confident of success
2.  sure of oneself; bold
3.  presumptuous; excessively bold
 
[C16: from Latin confīdens trusting, having self-confidence, from confīdere to have complete trust in; see confide]
 
'confidently
 
adv

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confident
1570s, "self-reliant, sure of oneself," from L. confidentem "firmly trusting, reliant, self-confident, bold, daring," prp. of confidere (see confidence). Related: Confidently (1590s).
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