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The definition of complacent is happy with one's self and unconcerned.

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An example of complacent is a person working in their office and not worried about the dangerous weather conditions outside.

See complacent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

satisfied; esp., self-satisfied, or smug
affable; complaisant

Origin: L complacens, prp. of complacere, to be very pleasing < com-, intens. + placere, to please

Related Forms:

complacently adverb

See complacent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned: He had become complacent after years of success.
Eager to please; complaisant.

Origin:

Origin: Latin complacēns, complacent-

Origin: , present participle of complacēre, to please

Origin: : com-, intensive pref.; see com-

Origin: + placēre, to please; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

com·plaˈcent·ly adverb

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