unambitious
Content with less
Unambitious describes someone who lacks drive to achieve great things or advance in status.
The word can be neutral—some people are contentedly unambitious, preferring modest goals—or critical, suggesting laziness or lack of vision: an unambitious student coasting through classes.
Applied to projects or plans, it means limited in scope: The proposal was safe but unambitious.
Lacking incentive or drive
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
dispassionate · unconcerned · uninterested · detached · languorous · languid · torpid · phlegmatic
Without activity or purpose
- indolentHabitually avoiding exertion
- slothfulHabitually avoiding exertion
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- inactiveNot currently functioning
underachieving · loafing · shirking · unmotivated · unproductive · work-shy · dawdling · procrastinating
Having enough, wanting nothing
- complacentUncritically self-satisfied
- settledNo longer in question
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- fulfilledCompletely satisfied, realized
unaspiring · accepting · contented · pleased · gratified · undemanding · self-satisfied · at-ease
Relaxed in temperament
- laid-backCalm and unhurried
- casualRelaxed and informal
- unhurriedTaking one's time
- leisurelyDone without urgency
mellow · carefree · calm · untroubled · unstressed · low-pressure · unworried · nonchalant
Not forceful or bold
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- yieldingBending under pressure
docile · meek · timid · retiring · uncompetitive · noncompetitive · unaggressive · deferential
unmotivated
Lacking incentive or drive
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
indifferent · dispassionate · unconcerned · uninterested · detached · languorous · languid · torpid · phlegmatic · lackadaisical
idle
Without activity or purpose
inactive · underachieving · loafing · shirking · unmotivated · unproductive · work-shy · dawdling · procrastinating · half-hearted
satisfied
Having enough, wanting nothing
- complacentUncritically self-satisfied
- settledNo longer in question
- comfortablePhysically at ease
fulfilled · unaspiring · accepting · contented · pleased · gratified · undemanding · self-satisfied · at-ease · undriven
easygoing
Relaxed in temperament
leisurely · mellow · carefree · calm · untroubled · unstressed · low-pressure · unworried · nonchalant · blasé
unassertive
Not forceful or bold
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
yielding · docile · meek · timid · retiring · uncompetitive · noncompetitive · unaggressive · deferential · conformist
unambitiousambitious
Strongly desiring achievement
driven · aspiring · determined · motivated · goal-oriented
ambition, ambitious, ambitions, ambitiously, ambitiousness, ambitionless, overambitious, nonambitious, overambitiousness