unambitious

/ ˌʌnæmˈbɪʃəs /

adjective

1. lacking in ambition

   they were unambitious for their daughters

Example Sentences

The target of rebuilding 50 schools a year has also been called "woefully unambitious" by Pepe Di'lasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.

From BBC

That more or less sums up this movie, a horror flick that’s serviceable enough to make you occasionally giggle or flinch, yet is also so aggressively unambitious that it scarcely seems worth griping about.

From New York Times

“I’d rather them have ambitious goals than unambitious goals that they exceed,” City Councilmember Alex Pedersen said.

From Seattle Times

But critics have attacked the change in stance, with railway consultant William Barter, whose recent clients include the government, calling the new plans "totally unambitious".

From BBC

"It's the unambitious, business-as-usual model," he shrugs.

From BBC

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