unadventurous

Example Sentences

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This win and the much-improved first-half performance was still not enough to change their view, with a return to a more conservative and unadventurous display in the second half a cause for frustration.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Overall, with most paintings bland, unadventurous or ungainly, he just isn’t that good — perhaps unsurprising for a serious career that didn’t last much more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

Paramount is ushering "The Daily Show" into its next phase using a structurally sound yet entirely unadventurous bridge made of celebrity hosts.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2022

To entice novice concertgoers, ECM isn’t falling back on the tried-and-true, under the assumption that a new listener is an unadventurous, easily frightened-off listener.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2022

I wandered transported about Cathedral and close, and became aware then of how strangely unadventurous in the matter of exploration one had always been as a boy.

From Joyous Gard by Benson, Arthur Christopher