ambitionless

adjective

Definition of ambitionlessnext
as in lazy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambitionless
  1. lazy
  2. shiftless
  3. apathetic
  4. indolent
  5. listless
  6. slothful
  7. languorous
  8. lethargic
Adjective
  • Slicking back your hair with a perfect part brings this lazy day look to the next level.
    — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 8 July 2026
  • Some claimed that Buddhists, like Asians generally, were passive and lazy, and that their religious rites reflected a dull, monotonous approach to life.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026
Definition of lazy
Adjective
  • Why didn’t Tania just get one of her fellow Council wokesters to hire her shiftless, entitled kin?
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • After the volunteers slink back to Paddy’s, the most shiftless person on campus will once again be Principal Coleman (Janelle James), whose ineptitude and vanity don’t prevent her from advocating for the students from time to time.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of shiftless
Adjective
  • Women weren't interested, as is typically the case with superhero films, and men were either put off by Alcock's divisive comments, or apathetic after seeing the underwhelming trailers.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Seven years later, he has been injured, apathetic, entitled, disconnected and generally nothing but a pain in the backside for a reenergized franchise that deserved so much better.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of apathetic
Adjective
  • Every journey with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) is unique, but my journey with ISM has been especially unique.
    — Shannon Dingey, Health, 1 July 2026
  • No, rest is for the lazy, the Caucasian adolescent, the indolent, the indulgent—until the age of thirty.
    — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Definition of indolent
Adjective
  • But the maneuver failed to budge Comcast’s listless stock, which has languished for years as its primary business lost thousands of broadband customers.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The length exacerbates all the rest of the series' sins, including a lack of emotional depth, gratuitous suffering and violence, long stretches of boring, listless plotting and extraneous characters.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Definition of listless
Adjective
  • That they would be regarded as slothful morons who aren't worth the price of a ticket of admission.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Soviet Russia, too, experienced periodic panics about slothful bureaucrats impeding the dictatorship of the proletariat.
    — Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of slothful
Adjective
  • Adorned with almost graphically violent labels showcasing alpha predators -- a shark, a grizzly, an orca, a lion and some sort of particularly angry bird of prey -- the bottles are a far cry from the placid villas and languorous ladies plastered across so many wines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • Their first statement signing to launch the project was the €42m purchase of the lanky and languorous Argentine playmaker.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Definition of languorous
Adjective
  • Signs of heat stroke in dogs include heavy panting and drooling, being weak or lethargic, bright red gums and bloodshot eyes.
    — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • When to Contact a Wildlife Rehabilitator Always contact a wildlife rehabilitator if the turtle appears injured, such as having a cracked shell, or seems lethargic or sick.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
Definition of lethargic
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