Environmentalists fear, not without reason, that too much even-handedness will breed complacency.

That may or may not be accurate, but one sees, only too clearly, how the resulting stagnation could breed complacency.

But, sophisticated as many pastoral services are, some students believe that too much help can breed complacency.

Let us hope the auditors' reprieve will not breed complacency.

On the other hand, so the theory goes, security can breed complacency and relegation forces a club to look long and hard at themselves.