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Recent Examples of unambitious
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.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
The county plan quickly ran into concerted opposition from playhouse fans and some cultural figures who called its intimate new auditorium small and unambitious and demanded instead an alternative plan calling for a full restoration capable of handling big Broadway-style shows.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
However, its unambitious deep bass performance practically begs for a subwoofer.
—PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Recycling visuals from a five-year-old game and the basic formula of dozens more, Echoes of Wisdom is wholly unambitious and sadly forgettable.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
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Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
The county plan quickly ran into concerted opposition from playhouse fans and some cultural figures who called its intimate new auditorium small and unambitious and demanded instead an alternative plan calling for a full restoration capable of handling big Broadway-style shows.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
However, its unambitious deep bass performance practically begs for a subwoofer.
—PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Recycling visuals from a five-year-old game and the basic formula of dozens more, Echoes of Wisdom is wholly unambitious and sadly forgettable.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unambitious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unambitious
Adjective
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Every 4:3 shot is framed to maximize the social verticality of the club, and every sequence is edited to evoke the indolent energy of a hot car on a hot summer’s day.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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There are two types: Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which can be aggressive or indolent, according to the Cleveland Clinic.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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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
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The film, like How to Train Your Dragon, is about a shiftless youngster (Lilo, a Hawaiian girl who has been acting out since the death of her parents) bonding with a fantasy creature (Stitch, a blue alien experiment designed as a weapon of destruction).—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Chef Velázquez recommends this sandy destination to get together with family and friends for a lazy day at the beach.—
Lauren Sanchez,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The destination features the Loco Waterpark, the world’s longest lazy river and seven distinct neighborhoods.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Unambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unambitious. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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