ambitionless

adjective

Definition of ambitionlessnext
as in lazy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambitionless
  1. lazy
  2. shiftless
  3. apathetic
  4. indolent
  5. listless
  6. slothful
  7. languorous
  8. lethargic
Adjective
  • James River Virginia Flowing right through Richmond, the James River is an urban tubing experience with scenic views of the Richmond skyline and a mix of lazy sections and small rapids.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The girl pointed out the man to a parent, then someone took videos of him swimming up to other young girls who were alone in the lazy river, deputies said.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of lazy
Adjective
  • Expectations of real gains in livelihoods among China’s large, increasingly shiftless rural population will be much harder to fulfill in an era of slower growth.
    — Scott Rozelle and Matthew Boswell, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2022
  • After the volunteers slink back to Paddy’s, the most shiftless person on campus will once again be Principal Coleman (Janelle James), whose ineptitude and vanity don’t prevent her from advocating for the students from time to time.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of shiftless
Adjective
  • These kinds of policies cultivate students who rely on their schools to shield them from the natural consequences of their poor choices, and enable apathetic, unmotivated students to remain apathetic and unmotivated.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
  • And because plenty of teens are apathetic about school, many parents and teachers are willing to give those kids a pass.
    — Jenny Anderson, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of apathetic
Adjective
  • It’s always been a period piece: Its story takes place in the just-post-Kennedy Bronx of Shanley’s childhood, where the rigid Sister Aloysius (Amy Ryan), the principal at St. Nicholas School, vehemently objects to ballpoint pens as one of many insidious gateways to a malign and indolent future.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Bates defeated Marilyn Mosby who was never publicly criticized by Scott for her indolent leadership as Baltimore state’s attorney.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2024
Definition of indolent
Adjective
  • Newcastle United were listless during their 3-1 defeat at Fulham on September 21 — and nobody appeared more out of sorts than Alexander Isak.
    — Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • On disk, the Bostonians play with maximum effervescence, but in the Adagio of the Concerto in G Cho’s attempt at otherworldly lyricism turns listless.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of listless
Adjective
  • Soviet Russia, too, experienced periodic panics about slothful bureaucrats impeding the dictatorship of the proletariat.
    — Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
  • At our test track, the buzzy little SUV needed a slothful 9.2 seconds to hit 60 mph.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 23 Dec. 2022
Definition of slothful
Adjective
  • Such languorous scenes led one of my friends, a seasoned war reporter, to remark that the film was short on action, and its pace is undeniably slower than the typical war documentary.
    — Simon Shuster, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Steeped in the pleasantly lazy atmosphere of the title setting, the film is languorous, but not long.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
Definition of languorous
Adjective
  • The Huskies got out to a lethargic start and struggled for more than four minutes to get a shot to fall.
    — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
  • There is one statistic which neatly encapsulates this lethargic performance.
    — Jay Harris, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of lethargic
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