unambitious
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The German gearbox maker’s implied fourth quarter feels relatively unambitious, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
That too is considered an achievable and unambitious pledge given recent forecasts already project that figure will hit 36 percent in a decade.
From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025
Indeed, the good, cheap, unrespectable, unambitious variety of scare flick has mostly disappeared from the big screen.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
But these have been lifeless and unambitious displays which stem from the manager's decisions.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025
After dessert, Milton took a handkerchief out of his back pocket, unscrewed the hot lightbulb, and, tossing it like an unambitious juggler, conveyed it into the living room.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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