What's the difference between confident and uncooperative?

Confident


Definition:

  • (n.) See Confidant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When pooled data were analysed, this difference was highly significant (p = 0.0001) with a relative risk of schizophrenia in homozygotes of 2.61 (95% confidence intervals 1.60-4.26).
  • (2) Confidence is the major prerequisite for a doctor to be able to help his seriously ill patient.
  • (3) Men who ever farmed were at slightly elevated risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (odds ratio = 1.2, 95% confidence interval = 1.0-1.5) that was not linked to specific crops or particular animals.
  • (4) Although, it did give me the confidence to believe that my voice was valid and important.
  • (5) But Howard added that it may take a while and he is not confident the political reality will change.
  • (6) Jaczko's appearance was the second show of confidence in the nuclear industry since Sunday.
  • (7) Subjects in the highest quartile of the insulin distribution had 6.6 times the risk of developing type II diabetes as subjects in the remaining three quartiles combined (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.14-13.7).
  • (8) However, self-efficacy (defined as confidence in being able to resist the urge to drink heavily) assessed at intake of treatment, was strongly associated with the level of consumption on drinking occasions at follow-up.
  • (9) As Heseltine himself argued, after the success of last summer's Olympics, "our aim must be to become a nation of cities possessed of London's confidence and elan" .
  • (10) The adjusted odds ratio of having one or more hospitalization for current drinkers relative to life-long abstainers in females was 0.67 (95 per cent confidence interval 0.57-0.79) and in males was 0.74 (0.57-0.96).
  • (11) "There is sufficient evidence... of past surface temperatures to say with a high level of confidence that the last few decades of the 20th century were warmer than any comparable period in the last 400 years.
  • (12) She has imbued me with the confidence of encouraging other girls to dream alternative futures that do not rely on FGM as a prerequisite.
  • (13) The changes are necessary to produce confident, supportive community oriented nurses.
  • (14) The relationship between certain prenatal and background variables and maternal confidence also was assessed.
  • (15) Central assessment of the angiograms revealed a patent infarct-related artery in 78 patients (patency rate 66%, 95% confidence limits 57 to 74%).
  • (16) We need to be confident that the criminal justice system takes child abuse seriously.
  • (17) Twellman has steadily grown in confidence as he settles into his role, though whether as a player or as an advocate he was never shy about voicing his opinions.
  • (18) We are confident that the European commission’s state aid decision on Hinkley Point C is legally robust,” a spokeswoman for Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said last week.
  • (19) By 1988, nearly one-half of the public expressed confidence in the future of the Social Security program.
  • (20) In confidence rape, the assailant is known to some degree, however slight, and gains control over his victim by winning her trust.

Uncooperative


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 25 patients we evaluated the efficacy of the prone position to counter these technical difficulties and found that the prone position offers visualization superior to the supine, especially in obese and uncooperative patients and those with abundant bowel gas.
  • (2) Obstacles to successful treatment include an erratic schedule, mistrust of authority, and uncooperative or aggressive behavior.
  • (3) It was found that psychiatric and nursing observations corresponded over a wide area of psychopathology: anxiety, tension, depression, hostility, preoccupation with hypochondriacal, grandiose and self-depreciatory ideas, hallucinosis, thought disorders, mannerisms, retardation, emotional withdrawal, hypomanic activity and uncooperative behaviour.
  • (4) Conscious sedations were performed on 20 uncooperative 2-4-year old children.
  • (5) A method is described for obtaining consistently high-quality images during nonneurologic computed tomography of the severely ill and uncooperative patient using a neuromuscular blocker to induce apnea.
  • (6) Proficiency in the recognition and interpretation of these clinical symptoms, physical signs, laboratory data, ECGs, and radiographic findings is important when evaluating acutely ill, uncooperative, or unresponsive patients.
  • (7) Frequently, the uncooperative patient is labeled as having a poor or defiant attitude toward orthodontic treatment.
  • (8) The results showed a significant difference between DHEC and placebo with regard to total and partial scores of SCAG as well as to single items (mental alertness, recent memory, disorientation, anxiety, mood depression, emotional lability, motivation, uncooperativeness, fatigue, headache, tinnitus).
  • (9) The subjects of the investigation were 45 uncooperative patients who had difficulty in accepting regular dental treatment.
  • (10) From the outset, he was dealt a severe handicap: an uncooperative and reform-averse Senate.
  • (11) The use of this simple and reliable technique for recording the electroretinogram made it possible to include this investigation as a routine procedure without the need for sedation in infants and uncooperative children.
  • (12) Based on its use in unilateral family therapy with 68 spouses of uncooperative alcohol abusers, procedural guidelines, criteria for use, and two case examples from a crossover experimental dyad are described.
  • (13) Splenic Mchi, however, are neither uncooperative nor inhibitory when interacting with peritoneal T cells.
  • (14) Pediatric cancer patients often become anxious, agitated, combative, and uncooperative due to the pain or fear of pain during invasive procedures.
  • (15) At the present time they are the best objective non-invasive audiometric tests (versus subjective psychoacoustic examinations) for predicting hearing thresholds in infants and uncooperative patients.
  • (16) For those who had a depressive state and who became uncooperative, "conjoint" sessions with the patients and their family members (e.g.
  • (17) Riders are labeled as uncooperative, selfish, not team players – it must be the case, rider A has been in the sport four years and has moved teams each year.
  • (18) The incidence of 'uncooperativeness' and drug side-effects, and the proportion of participants who complied with and completed treatment also varied significantly from country to country.
  • (19) Contraindications for gastric lavage are similar to those for emesis except that it may be safer to use in obtunded, comatose, or uncooperative patients.
  • (20) The students spent a great proportion of their time examining the child, yet their findings were questionable particularly if the child was uncooperative.