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

She found the men she dated in Denver after her divorce to be unadventurous.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2023

This unadventurous pursuit entails imitating its characters’ details, costumes and color palette to mimic, as closely as possible, what the audience is already familiar with.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Within a year, she was playing under Phil Spitalny, whose all-girl band — heavy on harps and chiffon gowns — offered unadventurous material but a steady income.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

Say,” he leaned forward and whispered, after a look at his clerk which ought to have exterminated that unadventurous youth—“say, is it true what they say, that you’re doing this on a ten-thousand-dollar bet?”

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair