Antonyms for unambitious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : am-bish-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : æmˈbɪʃ əs |
- affected
- assertive
- boasting
- bold
- brave
- complex
- complicated
- conceited
- confident
- discourteous
- dishonest
- egotistical
- extraordinary
- extroverted
- flaunting
- friendly
- immodest
- impolite
- insolent
- intricate
- loud
- luxurious
- obtrusive
- outgoing
- presumptuous
- pretending
- pretentious
- proud
- rich
- rude
- showy
- sociable
- superior
- troubled
- unashamed
- uncivil
- unmannerly
- unrefined
- upset
Definition of unambitious
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin ambitiosus "going around to canvass for office," from ambitio (see ambition). Related: Ambitiously.
- As in shiftless : adj lazy
- As in unassuming : adj shy
- As in unmotivated : adj uninspired
- As in unpretentious : adj simple, honest
- As in humble : adj meek, unassuming
- It was not quick to move or easily excited; but stolid, cautious, unambitious, procrastinating.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Who showed me how common and dull and unambitious I had been all my life?
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It is the founding in an unambitious way of a comfortable home.
- Extract from : « Our Italy » by Charles Dudley Warner
- Considered in its main outline, how very plain and unambitious is the history!
- Extract from : « The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop » by George Parsons Lathrop
- Harry, as may be supposed, being passive and unambitious, opposed it with all his might.
- Extract from : « Hester, Volume 3 (of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
- He was as lazy, as hopeful, and as unambitious as several thousand other riders of the Legion.
- Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
- What a pity he is just a trifle commonplace and unambitious.
- Extract from : « The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow » by Jerome K. Jerome
- He was far too shrewd not to know this, and far too unambitious to care.
- Extract from : « John Redmond's Last Years » by Stephen Gwynn
- Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way.
- Extract from : « Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow » by Jerome K. Jerome
- "A squadron of sighs" is unambitious, but neat, terse, and very tempting to the imagination.
- Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
Synonyms for unambitious
- apathetic
- apprehensive
- backward
- bashful
- biddable
- blushing
- content
- courteous
- dallying
- deferential
- demure
- diffident
- directionless
- discreet
- docile
- down
- down home
- dull
- easy-going
- everyday
- fearful
- folksy
- free-spirited
- gentle
- good-for-nothing
- hesitant
- homey
- humble
- humdrum
- idle
- inattentive
- incompetent
- indifferent
- indolent
- inelaborate
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- laid-back
- lazy
- lethargic
- lifeless
- loafing
- lowly
- manageable
- meek
- mild
- modest
- mousy
- obliging
- obsequious
- old hat
- ordinary
- plain
- polite
- prim
- procrastinating
- prosaic
- quiet
- reserved
- respectful
- retiring
- reverential
- sedate
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- servile
- sheepish
- shy
- simple
- slack
- slothful
- soft-spoken
- stale
- standoffish
- straightforward
- submissive
- subservient
- supplicatory
- tentative
- timid
- timorous
- tractable
- unaffected
- unambitious
- unassertive
- unassuming
- unbeautified
- uncomplex
- uncreative
- unembellished
- unenergetic
- unexciting
- unimaginative
- unimposing
- unindustrious
- uninspiring
- uninteresting
- unmotivated
- unmoved
- unobtrusive
- unostentatious
- unpresumptuous
- unpretending
- unpretentious
- unspoiled
- up front
- withdrawn
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