The phrase "complacency of" is not correct by itself in written English.
It must be followed by some sort of noun to make sense. For example, "The complacency of the board members led to a costly mistake."
There is no room for complacency, of course.
Partly I use striking and sarcastic metaphors to break through the complacency of officials.
The relative complacency of the British, on the other hand, is also culturally determined.
He aspired not to make outsiders respectable but to destroy the complacency of insiders.
The "complacency" of Canadians also seems to hold more appeal for Lord Black now.
All of this would seem to mock the infantile complacency of people protected by unearned privilege.
She must have done herself in, they surmise with the chilling complacency of youth.
And these are the words which should disturb the complacency of Australia's politicians and policy makers.
"In both Europe and Japan, there's a complacency of low expectations," Mr. Summers said.
He believed in absolutes, revelled in conflict and detested the consensual complacency of the middle way.
But it lands a kidney punch on the complacency of the political classes.
