as in unadventurous
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenterprising
Adjective
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The door series emphasizes one weakness of the show: its unadventurous hang.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025 -
The team became a kind of lazy shorthand for tastefully unadventurous filmmaking, and unfairly so.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Accommodating, which is unassertive and cooperative, prioritizes the needs and preferences of others over one’s own in order to maintain harmony.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.—
Nick CanepaColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2022
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2022
Adjective
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The Los Angeles Lakers were embarrassed on their home court to start the NBA Playoffs on Saturday night, as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat them 117-95 in a game where starters didn’t even need to stay on the floor throughout the fourth quarter.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Why do some people ruminate after social events? Broadly speaking, people living with social anxiety possess a fear of being judged by others negatively and of being embarrassed in social situations, say Steele and Di Bartolomeo.—
Seraphina Seow,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Stanley Hudson, Angela Martin, and Karen Filippelli As far as being antisocial is concerned, Stanley Hudson takes the cake.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Playing Seok required learning more about antisocial behavior and yet the character is more than a textbook example of a disorder.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Without parental guidance, children may turn to social media or their peers for answers at a time when kids may be confused and potentially self-conscious.—
Riane Lumer,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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Like Hill, Norris is self-conscious, perhaps too much so for a cutthroat and competitive sport like F1, where confidence is so important.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Unenterprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenterprising. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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