Ambitionless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having little desire for success or achievement wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unambitiousunambitious

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"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."

Etymology

From ambition + -less.

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