as in indolent
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Recent Examples of unambitious
That unambitious goal has already been met for the last 52 years.
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Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2022
Thus far, the world has mostly failed to meet even relatively unambitious climate goals.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2024
Still, when an apparently innocent citizen like Nichols is tortured and executed by armed agents of the state, reform seems not only unambitious but inadequate.
—Paul Butler, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
But asked about the prospect of working on bigger American movies, the German actress remains grounded, and surprisingly unambitious.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
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Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2022
Thus far, the world has mostly failed to meet even relatively unambitious climate goals.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2024
Still, when an apparently innocent citizen like Nichols is tortured and executed by armed agents of the state, reform seems not only unambitious but inadequate.
—Paul Butler, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
But asked about the prospect of working on bigger American movies, the German actress remains grounded, and surprisingly unambitious.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unambitious
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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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
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The pilfered offspring return with the raiders to their nests, then hatch and grow up to become live-in slaves, tasked with the feeding and care of their slothful masters and their masters’ brood.—
Brendan Borrell,
Discover Magazine,
10 Apr. 2013
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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The man’s pretty mouth is curved into a lazy grin, arms crossed over his superb chest.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Some have kitchenettes, others provide private beach access, but all get access to the $65 million Harborside Pool Club, complete with a lazy river, kids center, and pair of three-story waterslides.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Unambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unambitious. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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