unenterprising

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenterprising
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The scene came up because the Lawrence brothers, who are all actors, were talking about having been nervous or even embarrassed in certain scenes.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 June 2025
  • But picture-perfect Simone is completely embarrassed to see her trashy sister.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
  • To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.
    Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Interestingly, situational inequality can even affect first-class passengers, by highlighting their privileges, sometimes fostering a sense of entitlement that may lead to antisocial behavior.
    Milad Haghani, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
  • How does this relate to dogged prosecutor Merritt (Chloe Pirrie), whose antisocial tendencies may exceed Morck’s own?
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • Her name is Judy and — this is a point Hitchcock doesn't try to conceal — she’s played by Novak, whose awkward, self-conscious performance is memorably perfect for the film's odd scenario.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 13 June 2025
  • Check out this Bodega Bit, for a sample of the gang’s pleasingly self-conscious comedy.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 May 2025
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“Unenterprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenterprising. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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