unconfident

Example Sentences

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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

“Dad was very unconfident with his physical self,” his mother confides in voice-over.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021

I was cold, unconfident, obsessed by perfidy, and solitude, and fear.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin