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complacence [kəmˈpleısəns], com­pla­cency [kəmˈpleısənsı] N

▶ complacent [kəm­ˈpleı­sənt] ADJ
▶ complacently ADV

complementary [ˌkɒmplıˈmentərı] ADJ

complimentary [ˌkɒmplıˈmentərı] ADJ

2. complimentary:

▶ complimentarily ADV

complaint [kəmˈpleınt] N

I . complement [ˈkɒmplımənt] N

3. complement LING:

II . complement [ˈkɒmplımənt, ˈkɒmplıment] VB trans

II . complete [kəmˈpliːt] VB trans

complicate [ˈkɒmplıkeıt] VB trans

complicated [ˈkɒmplıkeıtıd] ADJ

competent [ˈkɒmpıtənt] ADJ

2. competent:

▶ competently ADV

I . component [kəmˈpəʊnənt] ADJ

II . component [kəmˈpəʊnənt] N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Complacently this led to the ramping up of public spending up to and well beyond the illusory expansion in the tax base driven by rising property values.
www.telegraph.co.uk
We are far from taking the dissident threat complacently.
www.independent.co.uk
Later, he complacently goes to seed as a businessman in beige suits and short-sleeved shirts.
www.independent.co.uk
But we must not complacently rest on our laurels now.
www.europarl.europa.eu
We complacently justify ordinariness in every sphere of life.
www.deccanherald.com
Yet she doesn't look back complacently.
www.philly.com
Meanwhile, the rest of the team was playing complacently.
www.goldenstateofmind.com
Complacently, we ignored the storm warnings.
www.nzherald.co.nz
Parts of it are complacently inefficient and paralysed by a sense of undeserved entitlement.
www.independent.co.uk
And sadly, these costs offer no return for the company when consumers complacently purchase known counterfeit goods.
www.cantechletter.com

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