unenterprising

adjective

Definition of unenterprisingnext
as in unadventurous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenterprising
  1. unadventurous
  2. unassertive
  3. unsocial
  4. embarrassed
  5. unsociable
  6. antisocial
  7. self-conscious
Adjective
  • The team became a kind of lazy shorthand for tastefully unadventurous filmmaking, and unfairly so.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Our children are unadventurous eaters.
    Damon Young, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
Definition of unadventurous
Adjective
  • Shy and unassertive, she’s often been overlooked by others and kept to herself.
    Yasmine AlSayyad, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • After a time, Patterson’s play-it-down-the-middle approach feels less like the remembrances of a Renaissance man and more like evasive, unassertive hedging.
    Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 June 2022
Definition of unassertive
Adjective
  • But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.
    Nick CanepaColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2022
  • The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
Definition of unsocial
Adjective
  • Phan said in addition to feeling embarrassed by all of the applause, Wudtke was shocked.
    Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The Chicago Bears, one week after a brutal Hail Mary loss to the Washington Commanders, were embarrassed by the Arizona Cardinals (5-4) in a 29-9 defeat.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of embarrassed
Adjective
  • Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
  • To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.
    Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
Definition of unsociable
Adjective
  • To ’60s bikers, swastikas didn’t signal allegiance to the Nazi cause, per se, but a broader antisocial tendency.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024
  • Screaming and antisocial behavior may not seem like beloved traits, but these penguins are revered in Māori culture as taonga, or treasure, even gracing the country’s $5 bill.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of antisocial
Adjective
  • Lacking the self-conscious grimness of Arrow that initially kept it away from four-color adventures, The Flash was immediately liberated to go full comic book, kickstarting the small-screen answer to the MCU.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • As people have become self-conscious of their digital image, video studio designers, MCs, virtual background designers, and even plastic surgeons have found thriving new avenues for their businesses.
    thehustle.co, thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of self-conscious
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Thesaurus Entries Near unenterprising

unenlightening

unenterprising

unenthusiastic

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