unambitious

[US]/ʌnæm'bɪʃəs/
[UK]/ˌʌnæm'bɪʃəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking in ambition.

Example Sentences

He is content with his unambitious job.

She has an unambitious personality.

Their unambitious goals led to a lack of motivation.

The unambitious project failed to attract investors.

He prefers an unambitious lifestyle.

She has unambitious dreams of traveling the world.

The unambitious student barely passed the exam.

Their unambitious approach to the project resulted in mediocrity.

He settled for an unambitious career in order to prioritize family.

The unambitious team lacked the drive to succeed.

Real-world Examples

And the thieves are not always unambitious amateurs.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The fact is my generation is fearful and unambitious.

Source: Western cultural atmosphere

It is foolish to presume that my generation is fearful and unambitious.

Source: Western cultural atmosphere

Had the target been reached easily is would surely have been criticised as unambitious.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I agree that an unambitious athlete is not a real athlete.

Source: Score-Boosting Tool · 20 Sample Essays for CET-6 Writing

Thus it was that her tender and unambitious soul found comfort in her reverses.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part 1)

It was a relatively unambitious easyJet target on fuel efficiency, which was not, not aligned with climate goals.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

But we turn from Lafayette, the favorite of the old and the new world, to the peaceful benevolence, the unambitious achievements of Robert Raikes.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

Yet he did not repine—there was still more than enough of an unambitious sort to tax all his energies and occupy all his hours.

Source: Returning Home

A wife, a modest young lady, with the purely appreciative, unambitious abilities of her sex, is sure to think her husband's mind powerful.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

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