ambitionless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Latin eō Latin ambiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ambitiōder. Old French ambitionbor. Middle English ambicioun English ambition Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ambitionless From ambition + -less.
Meanings
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Without ambition or motivation
Many earnest persons believe that the cessation of individual ownership in the means of production would leave the people in a hopeless, ambitionless, and dejected condition- would deprive them of initiative and thrift.
1906, James MacKaye, The Economy of Happiness, →ISBN, page 516:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ambitionless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ambitionless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ambitionlessly · ambitionlessness
Translations (2)
ka უამბიციო (without ambition) · pt desambicioso (without ambition)