As an example: Alice and Bob participated in a trust fall. As Bob falls, Alice fails to catch him (and Bob therefore falls straight to the ground)
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3Misplaced trust. Literally.– Yosef BaskinCommented Aug 27, 2023 at 16:10
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2Did Alice try and fail, perhaps because she was not strong enough, or not try? Big difference.– TetsujinCommented Aug 27, 2023 at 17:45
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The confidence was real, just misguided.– Tinfoil HatCommented Aug 27, 2023 at 21:59
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Are you limiting this to misguided/misplaced confidence in another's capabilities? Excluding deliberate betrayal?– TimRCommented Aug 28, 2023 at 8:58
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There are shades of meaning around whether the confidence was deliberately solicited with the intention of being betrayed, or whether it occurred without having a proper cause/reason. But Edwin Ashworth's answer has most of the options.– Stuart FCommented Aug 28, 2023 at 9:30
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The person taking the unwise step of faith displays credulousness.
credulousness [noun]
the tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived
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synonyms gullibility, naiveness / naivety
answered Aug 27, 2023 at 18:11
