as in indolent
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Recent Examples of unambitious
But although the play’s scenario certainly sets them up for banter, the dialogue itself is bizarrely unambitious and often illogical.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
That unambitious goal has already been met for the last 52 years.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2022
Thus far, the world has mostly failed to meet even relatively unambitious climate goals.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2024
Still, when an apparently innocent citizen like Nichols is tortured and executed by armed agents of the state, reform seems not only unambitious but inadequate.
—Paul Butler, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
That unambitious goal has already been met for the last 52 years.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2022
Thus far, the world has mostly failed to meet even relatively unambitious climate goals.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2024
Still, when an apparently innocent citizen like Nichols is tortured and executed by armed agents of the state, reform seems not only unambitious but inadequate.
—Paul Butler, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unambitious
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When an insecure yet ambitious regime attempts to carry out large-scale social transformation, the indolent bureaucrat makes for an ideal scapegoat.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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The portrayal of federal workers as lazy and indolent continues to be a central aspect of the president’s plans to slash government employment.—
Stephen Engelberg,
ProPublica,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Soviet Russia, too, experienced periodic panics about slothful bureaucrats impeding the dictatorship of the proletariat.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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At our test track, the buzzy little SUV needed a slothful 9.2 seconds to hit 60 mph.—
Drew Dorian,
Car and Driver,
23 Dec. 2022
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Expectations of real gains in livelihoods among China’s large, increasingly shiftless rural population will be much harder to fulfill in an era of slower growth.—
Scott Rozelle and Matthew Boswell,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Oct. 2022
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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
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How To Solve Today’s Wordle The Hint: A lazy person.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Other park pulls include a big mix of kiddie rides and Soak City, a 20-acre water park with thrilling slides, a wave pool, and a lazy river.—
Ashlea Halpern,
AFAR Media,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Unambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unambitious. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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