unambitious

/ʌnamˈbɪʃəs/

US pronunciation

American sound/ʌnamˈbɪʃəs/

ʌnamˈbɪʃəs

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 3rd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ʌnam - ˈbɪʃəs -> unambitious

Myanmar meaning

ရည်ရွယ်ချက် မပြင်းထန်သော။

Full entry

unambitious / ʌnæm'bÇʃǝs / adj

၁။ ရည်မှန်းချက် မကြီးမားသော။
၂။ အသစ်အဆန်းမဟုတ်သော။ ရိုးစင်းသော။ an unambitious itinerary/ novel.

More examples

‘Fraudley Harrison, a supremely outstanding amateur turned incredibly unambitious professional, claimed last week: ‘My plan is to be heavyweight champion of the world.’’
‘Shrimps huffed and puffed for more than an hour against a well-drilled but unambitious side who had obviously come to Christie Park looking for one point.’
‘Sargent is portrayed as modest, self-denying and unambitious, the antithesis of the preening Oxford peacocks.’
‘In the Scottish context, it is quite easy to be unambitious, to aim low.’
‘Anyone who chooses to stay at home with their kids is seen as woefully unambitious and deserving of contempt.’
‘This stand-alone thriller features Miles Flint, an unambitious low-level spy, whose job is to watch and listen, and report backs to his superiors.’
‘Undermanned, unambitious and passionate only when circumstances demanded, they were given what they deserved.’
‘His whiskers describe him: bland, unambitious, conservative.’
‘A country for tenacious, uncommunicative, unambitious tacticians, Turkey bores me to death.’
‘Surely this is just a way of kidding ourselves, though, since it will make us complacent and unambitious?’
‘He is good with the kids, but too unambitious to make anything of his life.’
‘‘Bradford's Conservatives are so unambitious for our area, ’ she said.’
‘Reeking of managerial sub-thinking, the words chosen to sum up the new policy also sum up the current predicament of the party as a whole: stuck in the middle, unambitious and lazy.’
‘Zapa is a slow, passive, unambitious 32-year-old locksmith, working in a small country town in Argentina.’
‘In the Sledmere House tea rooms I overheard a conversation between two lithe and colourfully clad cyclists, the sort that make me feel so unambitious.’
‘Ricky and I were the most unambitious people ever.’
‘In many ways, this movie is entirely unambitious and the ‘unreality’ element is such an old Sci-fi device that I expected it to deliver very little.’
‘South Lakeland District Council is unambitious, lacks drive at the top and is unlikely to improve without significant change, according to inspectors, reports Beth Broomby.’
‘To give Prosinecki his due he was constantly demanding the ball from teammates, but just as he took up obvious positions, he was unambitious in his spreading of the ball, taking the easy option on just about every occasion.’
‘But this turn of events crystallises her relationship with her loving, if unambitious, husband.’

Synonyms

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, honest, 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, passive, 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, unaspiring, unassertive, unassuming, unbeautified, uncomplex, uncreative, unembellished, unenergetic, unenterprising, unexciting, unimaginative, unimposing, unindustrious, uninspired, uninspiring, uninteresting, unmotivated, unmoved, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious, unspoiled, unthrusting, up front, withdrawn

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