Synonyms of unambitious

unambitious

adjective

as in indolent

Related Words

• indolent
• slothful
• shiftless
• lazy
• idle
• good-for-nothing
• worthless
• no-good
• useless
• ne'er-do-well
• no-account

Dissimilar Words

• ambitious
• industrious
• diligent
• enterprising

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unambitious

Clearly, this was a bit wordy, so this became ‘parking the bus’, which initially found popularity as an insult for unambitious football, then later was used in a more neutral manner to mean deep defending. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025

Has this embarrassment of visual riches guaranteed that any story told on a smaller canvas is doomed to feel unambitious in comparison? — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025

Advertisement Advertisement Se-ri’s plan to straighten her hair (and fix her life) finds new focus with the arrival of Han Yun-seok (Mercy For None’s Gong Myung), a quiet, seemingly unambitious transfer student from Seoul whose mother, Baek Jang-mi (Hong Eun-hee), happens to be a hair stylist. — Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025

President-elect Joe Biden will need luck and skill to push through even relatively unambitious legislation, such as a new stimulus package and infrastructure spending. — Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2021