unadventurous
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnədˈvɛnʧərəs/
:
poco aventurero
- The poetry women wrote in France in the nineteenth century and early decades of the twentieth is unadventurous in form and style.
Examples
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A life that drifts along with little excitement from cradle to grave seems very depressing, unimaginative, and unadventurous.
Blog text (11) -
While the movie starts off a bit slow and unadventurous, loose ends are tied up, making it an awesome finale.
Blog text (27) -
With the tender mind and heart he got from his mother at birth, Buck had wanted an unadventurous life.
Fiction book (1991) -
As far as I was concerned, character and discipline were consolation prizes given to the meek, the unadventurous, and the unlucky.
Fiction book (2002) -
They sufficed; customers who had aged along with her had grown unadventurous, and the young cared only for flamboyance.
Fiction book (2000) -
Many of the pop songs—including R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts"—were sung in Italian, in harmonically unadventurous arrangements of sober rhythms and yearning strings.
Blog text (23) -
Many people find that the unadventurous choices in their routines make life dull.
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He is often seen as unadventurous because he prefers staying home to trying new restaurants.
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Despite being offered a chance to travel, her unadventurous nature kept her at home.
Synonyms
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9.9
Easily afraid and not willing to take risks
Not willing to take risks or try new things
Not willing to try new things or take risks
Not willing to try new ideas, places, or experiences
Not confident and acting unsure
Antonyms
How Adventurous
Surface Forms
Morphology
unadventurous = adventurous (transparent) = un + adventure + ous
The adjective 'adventurous' is clearly formed from 'adventure' + '-ous', and adding the negation prefix 'un-' yields the straightforward opposite meaning.
Etymology
Unadventurous starts with un- meaning 'not' and the part adventure, which is like the common word venture meaning 'to risk' or 'try something new'. So, unadventurous describes someone who is 'not' willing to take risks or try new, exciting things.