"unambitious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more unambitious [comparative], most unambitious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃəs Etymology: From un- + ambitious. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|ambitious}} un- + ambitious Head templates: {{en-adj}} unambitious (comparative more unambitious, superlative most unambitious)
  1. having little ambition for success or achievement Translations (having little ambition): ἄσπουδος (áspoudos) (Ancient Greek), weinig ambitieus (Dutch), onambitieus (Dutch), kunnianhimoton (Finnish), peu ambitieux (French), sans ambition (French), anspruchslos (German), nieambitny (Polish)
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