misconfidence

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ confidence

Noun

misconfidence (uncountable)

1. Lack of confidence or trust.
   • 1888, David Augustus Straker, The New South Investigated, page 204:

     Slavery taught fear; fear begat misconfidence, which is the greatest blight resting upon the Negro today.

   • 1925, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, page 218:

     This whole question revolves about a very apparent condition of misconfidence in the Executive Board.