unenterprising

adjective

Definition of unenterprisingnext
as in unadventurous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenterprising
  1. unadventurous
  2. unassertive
  3. unsocial
  4. embarrassed
  5. unsociable
  6. antisocial
  7. self-conscious
Adjective
  • My navy blazer, white shirt and khakis would otherwise have felt rather staid and unadventurous (at least for me), but the texture, color, and patina of my polo belt felt apropos.
    Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The team became a kind of lazy shorthand for tastefully unadventurous filmmaking, and unfairly so.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Definition of unadventurous
Adjective
  • Shy and unassertive, she’s often been overlooked by others and kept to herself.
    Yasmine AlSayyad, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • After a time, Patterson’s play-it-down-the-middle approach feels less like the remembrances of a Renaissance man and more like evasive, unassertive hedging.
    Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 June 2022
Definition of unassertive
Adjective
  • 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
  • The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
Definition of unsocial
Adjective
  • Landfill, feedlot, and wastewater treatment operators will also be embarrassed.
    Rob Jackson, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Jimenez appeared embarrassed but laughed off the moment.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of embarrassed
Adjective
  • Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
  • To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.
    Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
Definition of unsociable
Adjective
  • Aside from increasing investments in programs that train people to identify and report or deescalate antisocial behavior, our leaders must take proactive steps to engage and listen to marginalized members of their communities, and to moderate their own rhetoric with humility.
    Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Her interest stemmed from her earlier research on psychopathy — the personality disorder characterized by antisocial behaviors including callousness and lack of empathy, or the inability to understand and feel another's emotions.
    Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of antisocial
Adjective
  • Like Ye’s 2016 album The Life of Pablo, its form continues to solidify even after release; like SOS, its core theme is addressing an imbalance between the outward celebrity and shot-caller and the long-suffering lover and sometimes self-conscious overthinker behind the scenes.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But there’s something overripe about the image, a self-conscious baroqueness that troubles the line between humor and horror.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of self-conscious
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unenlightening

unenterprising

unenthusiastic

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