unambitious

Example Sentences

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The German gearbox maker’s implied fourth quarter feels relatively unambitious, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

That too is considered an achievable and unambitious pledge given recent forecasts already project that figure will hit 36 percent in a decade.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

But these have been lifeless and unambitious displays which stem from the manager's decisions.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

That more or less sums up this movie, a horror flick that’s serviceable enough to make you occasionally giggle or flinch, yet is also so aggressively unambitious that it scarcely seems worth griping about.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

After dessert, Milton took a handkerchief out of his back pocket, unscrewed the hot lightbulb, and, tossing it like an unambitious juggler, conveyed it into the living room.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides