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unambitious

British  
/ ˌʌnæmˈbɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. lacking in ambition

    they were unambitious for their daughters

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Example Sentences

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The German gearbox maker’s implied fourth quarter feels relatively unambitious, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Indeed, the good, cheap, unrespectable, unambitious variety of scare flick has mostly disappeared from the big screen.

From Los Angeles Times

They will not escape with a point if they repeat this unambitious, abject effort.

From BBC

But these have been lifeless and unambitious displays which stem from the manager's decisions.

From BBC