Underambition

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being underambitious. uncountable

    "Both overambition and underambition at this stage will lead to frustration and the inevitable lack of effective progress."

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"Both overambition and underambition at this stage will lead to frustration and the inevitable lack of effective progress."

Etymology

From under- + ambition.

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