AMBITIONLESS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

ambitionless

adjective

Definition of ambitionless

as in lazy

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Adjective

Main-group metals like aluminum were cheaper and non-toxic, but fundamentally lazy catalysts.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Rattlesnakes are lazy hunters that wait in the shadows for prey to approach.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 1 Nov. 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

Coleman, who spends her days trying to give apathetic Texans a reason to register to vote, said that this attitude hurt the Party’s brand.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
An ‘apathetic polarization’ The vote comes at a time of deep polarization among the electorate, who are slower to engage than in previous races.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of apathetic

Adjective

Screenings in healthy adults are also more likely to catch indolent disease, meaning slow-growing or static conditions, than aggressive ones.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Possibly a deepening and widening of populist politics, as both the far right and the far left win over more of the allegedly indolent youth.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of indolent

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Schumer, who has steered Senate Democrats since 2017, became liberals’ favorite punching bag this cycle, an avatar of everything wrong with a listless Democratic Party.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
Instead of being a workspace designed to meet production goals, Bureau was a display of time spent thinking, both listless and constructive, rather than a final result.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of listless

Adjective

Blunt is quick-witted, languorous, panic-free, as funny as hell, and as English as strawberries and cream.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
But my favorite meals of each day were the long languorous breakfasts in the Salone Reale, among the grandest rooms in the hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of languorous

Adjective

The stars have grown lethargic and limp, with lesions spread across their bodies, their arms falling off or disintegrating.

— Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
The national committee has faced a host of criticism from other Democrats for its lethargic fundraising, including calls for DNC Chair Ken Martin to step down that have so far gone unheeded.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of lethargic

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