unambitious en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ambitious English unambitious From un- + ambitious.
Meanings
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Having little ambition for success or achievement
The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unambitious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unambitious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unambitiously · unambitiousness
Translations (8)
fi kunnianhimoton (having little ambition) · fr peu ambitieux (having little ambition) · grc ἄσπουδος (having little ambition) · de anspruchslos (having little ambition) · nl onambitieus (having little ambition) · fr sans ambition (having little ambition) · nl weinig ambitieus (having little ambition) · pl nieambitny (having little ambition)