unadventurous

/ ˌʌnədˈvɛntʃərəs /

adjective

1. not daring or enterprising

Example Sentences

Early on, critics panned the building’s unconventional design, calling it everything from “tight” and “unadventurous” to a “supersized cheese grater.”

From Los Angeles Times

Overall, with most paintings bland, unadventurous or ungainly, he just isn’t that good — perhaps unsurprising for a serious career that didn’t last much more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times

She found the men she dated in Denver after her divorce to be unadventurous.

From Seattle Times

Paramount is ushering "The Daily Show" into its next phase using a structurally sound yet entirely unadventurous bridge made of celebrity hosts.

From Salon

This unadventurous pursuit entails imitating its characters’ details, costumes and color palette to mimic, as closely as possible, what the audience is already familiar with.

From Los Angeles Times

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