unambitious
Britishadjective
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“With increasing welfare you get a society where people who are unambitious will be taken care of,” Mr. Breen added.
From Washington Times
In follow-up interviews with hiring professionals for his book, “Making the Cut,” Professor Pedulla said they assumed women had a reason for working part time — being mothers — while they assumed men were unambitious.
From New York Times
Plans to tackle the second homes "crisis" in Wales are "vague" and "unambitious", a campaign group says.
From BBC
Congress’s aim to do by the end of 2022 what it should have done as long ago as 2012 may be described as unambitious; more generously, it could be described as realistic.
From Washington Post
Japan on Thursday raised its target for cutting carbon emissions to 46% by 2030, responding to pressure from the United States and domestic companies and environmentalists who criticised its previous goal of 26% as unambitious.
From Reuters
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