complacent
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Thames is one of several companies to have imposed a hosepipe ban and Weston said the UK had been complacent about water provision.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The UK has been too complacent about the risk of foreign attack, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor BAE Systems has warned.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Markets today are just as complacent as they were in July 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Sam Roggeveen, the director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program, told AFP the report was "neither hawkish nor dovish, neither alarmist nor complacent".
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
We huddle together, complacent as cattle, stamping our feet to stay warm.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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