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Example sentences from the Web for unambitiousNot unambitious for a country deeper in debt than the United States. From the River (In)to the Sea|Elisheva Goldberg|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST But I have been unobtrusive, unambitious, retiring—and my friends have blamed me for this a thousand times. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson|George Thompson Rosalie herself, not conceiving such an unambitious creed in a nature so rich, idealized what she did not understand. East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson It descended to their children, most of whom were equally plodding and unambitious with themselves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865|Various
It is the founding in an unambitious way of a comfortable home. Our Italy|Charles Dudley Warner He was unambitious of political distinction, though intensely solicitous to promote that of his friends. The Memories of Fifty Years|William H. Sparks
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adjectivelacking in ambitionthey were unambitious for their daughters Words nearby unambitiousunalienable, unalloyed, unalterable, unaltered, unambiguous, unambitious, unambivalent, un-American, Unami, Unamuno, unamused Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unambitiousdiffident, meek, self-effacing, humble, quiet, unobtrusive, modest, unpretentious, straightforward, folksy, homey, laid-back, unassuming, timid, sheepish, respectful, tentative, simple, soft-spoken, polite |