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Antonyms for unambitious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : am-bish-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : æmˈbɪʃ əs



Definition of unambitious

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin ambitiosus "going around to canvass for office," from ambitio (see ambition). Related: Ambitiously.
  • As in shiftless : adj lazy
  • As in unassuming : adj shy
  • As in unmotivated : adj uninspired
  • As in unpretentious : adj simple, honest
  • As in humble : adj meek, unassuming
Example sentences :
  • It was not quick to move or easily excited; but stolid, cautious, unambitious, procrastinating.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Who showed me how common and dull and unambitious I had been all my life?
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It is the founding in an unambitious way of a comfortable home.
  • Extract from : « Our Italy » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Considered in its main outline, how very plain and unambitious is the history!
  • Extract from : « The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop » by George Parsons Lathrop
  • Harry, as may be supposed, being passive and unambitious, opposed it with all his might.
  • Extract from : « Hester, Volume 3 (of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
  • He was as lazy, as hopeful, and as unambitious as several thousand other riders of the Legion.
  • Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
  • What a pity he is just a trifle commonplace and unambitious.
  • Extract from : « The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • He was far too shrewd not to know this, and far too unambitious to care.
  • Extract from : « John Redmond's Last Years » by Stephen Gwynn
  • Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way.
  • Extract from : « Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • "A squadron of sighs" is unambitious, but neat, terse, and very tempting to the imagination.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury

Synonyms for unambitious

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