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Meaning of "unadventurous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNADVENTUROUS

unadventurous  [ˌʌnədˈvɛntʃərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNADVENTUROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unadventurous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNADVENTUROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unadventurous in the English dictionary

The definition of unadventurous in the dictionary is not daring or enterprising.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNADVENTUROUS


adventurous
ədˈvɛntʃərəs
Carreras
kəˈrɛərəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
disadventurous
ˌdɪsədˈvɛntʃərəs
generous
ˈdʒɛnərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
imposturous
ɪmˈpɒstʃərəs
lecherous
ˈlɛtʃərəs
misadventurous
ˌmɪsədˈventʃərəs
misventurous
ˌmɪsˈvɛntʃərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
rapturous
ˈræptʃərəs
rigorous
ˈrɪɡərəs
torturous
ˈtɔːtʃərəs
treacherous
ˈtrɛtʃərəs
venturous
ˈvɛntʃərəs
vulturous
ˈvʌltʃərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNADVENTUROUS

unadmiring
unadmitted
unadmonished
unadoptable
unadopted
unadored
unadorned
unadult
unadulterate
unadulterated
unadulteratedly
unadventrous
unadventurously
unadvertised
unadvisable
unadvisableness
unadvisably
unadvised
unadvisedly
unadvisedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNADVENTUROUS

anourous
anurous
aurous
brachyurous
disastrous
fulgurous
furfurous
hydrosulphurous
hyposulphurous
mercurous
murmurous
ordurous
perjurous
porous
sulfurous
sulphurous
tellurous
thysanurous
usurous
verdurous

Synonyms and antonyms of unadventurous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNADVENTUROUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unadventurous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unadventurous

Translation of «unadventurous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNADVENTUROUS

Find out the translation of unadventurous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unadventurous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unadventurous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爱冒险
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unadventurous
570 millions of speakers

English

unadventurous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unadventurous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أونادفينتوروس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несмелый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rotineira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গতানুগতিক জীবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unadventurous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak menonjol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ereignislos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冒険心のない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모험심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unadventurous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unadventurous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unadventurous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैतिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

macerasız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unadventurous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przygodę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несміливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unadventurous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unadventurous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unadventurous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obetydliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unadventurous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unadventurous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNADVENTUROUS»

The term «unadventurous» is normally little used and occupies the 118.233 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNADVENTUROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unadventurous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unadventurous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unadventurous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNADVENTUROUS»

Discover the use of unadventurous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unadventurous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Happy-People-Pills For All
One way to illustrate this point about sterility is to imagine that Unadventurous strongly agrees that his life is close to his ideal, but he is not pleased about the fact that his life has met his ideal. Suppose he is jealous of the extraordinary luck and ...
Mark Walker, 2013
2
The Casual Vacancy
Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
J. K. Rowling, 2012
3
Defining Breaking Dawn: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking ...
Staid (dull and unadventurous) is the opposite of wild . . .yes. C. Decorous ( proper) is the opposite of tenuous (weak) . . . no. D. Sedate (unadventurous) is the opposite of ominous (threatening) . . . no. E . Somber (unadventurous) is the ...
Brian Leaf, 2010
4
Safety First
unadventurous. programming. The. flaw. in. this. Limon. company's. performance. is. tameness. . ." Victor Barbee, who has an impressive record as a dancer-actor, brings the same sort of dignity and value to a full-fledged portrayal in a leading ...
5
Remarkable Creatures: A Novel
EIGHT. An. adventure. in. an. unadventurous. life. It is rare for anything reported in the Western Flying Post to surprise me. Most are predictable stories: a description of a livestock auction in Bridport, or an account of a public meeting on the ...
Tracy Chevalier, 2010
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
adjective he led a leisurely, unadventurous life: cautious, careful, prudent, chary, circumspect, wary, hesitant, tentative, timid; conservative, conventional, traditional, unenterprising, unexciting, unimaginative, uncreative, restrained, limited, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Scribner's Magazine
But unadventurous. As unadventurous as cauliflowers or gooseberry bushes. No, not one of them would do. Not even if one wanted me, which was highly improbable. In our town—as in most Eastern country villages—the women outnumbered ...
Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Harlan Logan, 1918
8
Handbook of Self and Identity, Second Edition
However, when presented with a scale that cast negative aspersions on proauthority positions, such as unadventurous–adventurous, proauthority participants provided much more muted judgments; that is, they were much less likely to ...
Mark R. Leary, June Price Tangney, 2011
9
An End to Illusions
Unadventurous Venture Capitalists It is sometimes mistakenly assumed that the venture capital industry which has emerged over the last decade is a competitor in the field of business start-ups. This was one reason for restricting the scope of  ...
Alan Duncan, 1993
10
Handbook of Self and Identity
However, when presented with a scale that cast negative aspersions on proauthority positions, such as unadventurous–adventurous, proauthority participants provided much more muted judgments; that is, they were much less likely to ...
Mark R. Leary, June Price Tangney, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNADVENTUROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unadventurous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Star Wars Battlefront';s new mode is a little unadventurous
Yesterday DICE got me all excited with a tease for a brand new mode for their upcoming Star Wars Battlefront revival. The single image didn't exactly scream ... «Lazygamer, Jul 15»
2
ALEX BRUMMER: One trusts that Financial Times will not be stifled …
One trusts that a great British product will not be stifled by the deeply unadventurous hand of Japanese publishers. Betting on Hornby. There should be no ... «This is Money, Jul 15»
3
Jeb Bush and 2016
TO WHOOPS and applause, Jeb Bush ran on stage in a college gymnasium near Miami on Monday afternoon and with an assured, unadventurous speech ... «The Economist, Jun 15»
4
A third of Brits go to feast in the East but are unadventurous in their …
Emirates has revealed research highlighting that while a third (31%) of Brits claim to travel East for its cuisine, more than half (53%) remain reluctant to try local ... «Easier, May 15»
5
British public living unadventurous lives
British public living unadventurous lives. Published 18 May 2015. Jeremy Hughes with the cake he has decorated. Most people are living unfulfilled lives, ... «Alzheimer's Society, May 15»
6
Rocky Horror Show review: Craig McLachlan showboats in …
Rocky Horror Show review: Craig McLachlan showboats in unadventurous trip to the spookhouse. Musicals. Date: April 16, 2015. (1); Comments 13; Read later ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
7
Please Don't Call Me Unadventurous: In Defense of Expat 'Bubbles …
Before you go calling me and the hundreds of other expats who live and frequent this area insular, unadventurous foreigners – and tell us we didn't travel ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
8
Yelp is for the unadventurous, taking away the joy of novelty
More than two years ago, I convinced myself I would never get a smartphone. That convincing, however, turned out to be simply denying the inevitable. «The Daily Titan, Feb 15»
9
Fifty Shades Of Unadventurous: Britain's Bedroom Antics Aren't As …
New research has found that despite Fifty Shades fever sweeping the nation, the sex lives of Brits have failed to be influenced by the erotic novels - with many ... «Huffington Post UK, Feb 15»
10
India showing England how to play ODI cricket: Alec Stewart
Overcautious and unadventurous, repeating mistake after mistake. Watching England in this current series is exactly how England played back in the mid 1990s ... «Cricbuzz, Aug 14»

REFERENCE
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