Complacent
I know "complacent" means "self-satisfied", but I don't understand it in the sentence below.
Can it be replaced with "calm"?
"He could remain complacent when less deserving workers were promoted ahead of him."
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I know "complacent" means "self-satisfied", but I don't understand it in the sentence below. Can it be replaced with "calm"? The word has a second meaning of ' calmly conten t', but I rarely see this meaning used.
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I know "complacent" means "self-satisfied", but I don't understand it in the sentence below.
Can it be replaced with "calm"? The word has a second meaning of 'calmly content', but I rarely see this meaning used. I see smug and self-satisfied, which dos not fit with your sentence below.
"He could remain complacent when less deserving workers were promoted ahead
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