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   Un·am·bi·tious

   /ˌənˌamˈbiSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not motivated or driven by a strong desire or determination to succeed.
   • ▪ (of a plan or piece of work) not involving anything new, exciting, or demanding.

   Derivatives

   • 1. unambitiously adverb
   • 2. unambitiousness noun

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   Unambitious means not having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see synonyms, antonyms, and translations.

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   What is an unambitious person?

   • An unambitious person is not particularly interested in improving their position in life or in being successful, rich, or powerful. He was a reliable, unambitious officer who did as he was told. An unambitious idea or plan is not very complicated, risky, or new, and is easy to carry out successfully.

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   What is unambitious adjective?

   • Definition of unambitious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of a person) not interested in becoming successful, rich, powerful, etc. Topics Difficulty and failure b1 The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   What is the difference between ambitious and unambitious?

   • An ambitious person has an obvious interest in succeeding at something. If you're determined to climb Mt. Everest, and you train hard in preparation, you're ambitious. If you're not particularly motivated about that or anything else, you're unambitious. Ambitious comes from the Latin ambitiosus, "eager for public office" or "eager for favor."

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   Where does the word 'ambitious' come from?

   • Ambitious comes from the Latin ambitiosus, "eager for public office" or "eager for favor." Add the prefix un-, meaning "not," and you get unambitious. "Unambitious."

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   Unambitious means feeling or showing a lack of ambition, or not ambitious. See examples of unambitious in a sentence, word history, synonyms, and related words.

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   Unambitious definition: lacking in ambition. See examples of UNAMBITIOUS used in a sentence.

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   unambitious: 1 adj having little desire for success or achievement Synonyms: ambitionless shiftless lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy nonenterprising , unenterprising lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome Antonyms: ambitious having a strong desire for success or achievement pushful , pushy marked by ...

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   Jun 8, 2024 · Unambitious means not interested in being successful, rich, or powerful. It also means not very complicated, risky, or new. See how to use it in sentences and find related words.

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