unaspiringadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective]
simplec1300
measurablec1330
methec1390
murec1390
smallc1405
soleinc1450
timorous1474
modest1561
unbragging1570
unboldened1591
unpresuming1607
bragless1609
unambitious1621
boastless1632
unpompous1656
verecundous1656
sober1659
tender-foreheaded1659
unpragmatical1673
unpretending1681
unpresumptuous1704
unimportant1727
unaspiringa1729
inambitious1729
unassuming1730
unostentatiousa1739
unboastful1744
pretensionless1748
unarrogating1748
uncontending1748
unopinionated1775
unboasting1802
underbearing1802
mousy1812
un-ultra1817
unarrogant1831
low-flying1835
unconceited1838
unpretentious1838
uninflated1861
unvain1863
unbumptious1865
a1729 J. Rogers Serm. (1736) 173 An easy unaspiring Temper which rests satisfy'd with its present Share of the Bounties of Providence.
1806 R. Mant To Bp. Durham in Poems i. 2 She loves..To cheer with unaspiring lay The dear domestic shade.
1852 Ld. Cockburn Life Jeffrey I. 103 The unaspiring life, I believe, has the least positive wretchedness.
Derivatives
unaˈspiringness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun]
simplesse1340
methec1390
simplenessc1400
demurity1483
demureness?1518
modestness1546
modesty1553
unaspiringness1681
unpretendingness1701
unassumingness1768
unostentatiousness1807
unpresumingness1837
unpretentiousness1855
unassertiveness1934
the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun] > lack of ambition
unambitiousnessa1755
unambition1781
unaspiringness1861
1681 Whole Duty of Nations 64 The Humility, Modesty, and unaspiringness of Christianity.
1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. iii. 64 Inactivity, unaspiringness, absence of desire, are a more fatal hindrance to improvement than any misdirection of energy.
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