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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenterprising
Adjective
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The team became a kind of lazy shorthand for tastefully unadventurous filmmaking, and unfairly so.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025 -
Alas, while the comics themselves have prominence on-screen in their static form, the doc remains a proficient, engaging portrait, but an unadventurous one.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Accommodating, which is unassertive and cooperative, prioritizes the needs and preferences of others over one’s own in order to maintain harmony.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Shy and unassertive, she’s often been overlooked by others and kept to herself.—
Yasmine AlSayyad,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.—
Nick CanepaColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2022
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2022
Adjective
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Don't be afraid or embarrassed to ask about benefits.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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But patriarch Samuel prefers to remain off camera, already embarrassed after being forced to give up his medical practice after getting prison time for health care fraud.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Our friends are aware that their daughter is antisocial.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Early exposure to violent content in preschool years may have long-term consequences on antisocial behavior particularly in boys, a new study has revealed.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There's so much freedom in not being self-conscious.—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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At one point, Djordjevic traces the ridges of tree bark with the palm of his hand, self-conscious but hopeful of some sort of revelation.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Unenterprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenterprising. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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