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Meaning of "unenterprising" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNENTERPRISING

ʌnˈentəpraɪzɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNENTERPRISING

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

WHAT DOES UNENTERPRISING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unenterprising in the English dictionary

The definition of unenterprising in the dictionary is lacking in boldness and initiative.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNENTERPRISING

advertising · civilizing · compromising · downsizing · enterprising · merchandising · mesmerizing · organizing · rising · saccharising · saccharizing · sizing · socializing · surprising · tantalizing · temporising · temporizing · uncompromising · unsurprising · uprising

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNENTERPRISING

unenjoyed · unenlarged · unenlightened · unenlightening · unenquiring · unenriched · unenslaved · unensured · unentailed · unentered · unentertained · unentertaining · unenthralled · unenthusiastic · unenthusiastically · unentitled · unenviable · unenviably · unenvied · unenvious

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNENTERPRISING

agonising · appetising · appraising · below-the-line advertising · bruising · cattle raising · consciousness raising · consciousness-raising · contextual advertising · display advertising · Easter Rising · fundraising · hair-raising · housing · practising · promising · raising · self-raising · subliminal advertising · unappetising · unpromising

Synonyms and antonyms of unenterprising in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unenterprising» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNENTERPRISING

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The translations of unenterprising from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unenterprising» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

unenterprising
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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unenterprising
570 millions of speakers
en

English

unenterprising
510 millions of speakers
hi

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unenterprising
380 millions of speakers
ar

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unenterprising
280 millions of speakers
ru

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unenterprising
278 millions of speakers
pt

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unenterprising
270 millions of speakers
bn

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অব্যবসায়ী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

unenterprising
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak menentu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

ohne Unternehmungsgeist
180 millions of speakers
ja

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unenterprising
130 millions of speakers
ko

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unenterprising
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Unenterprising
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không gan dạ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

unenterprising
75 millions of speakers
mr

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केंद्रबिंदू
75 millions of speakers
tr

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pısırık
70 millions of speakers
it

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unenterprising
65 millions of speakers
pl

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unenterprising
50 millions of speakers
uk

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unenterprising
40 millions of speakers
ro

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unenterprising
30 millions of speakers
el

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unenterprising
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondernemend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oföretagsamma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unenterprising
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unenterprising

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNENTERPRISING»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNENTERPRISING»

Discover the use of unenterprising in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unenterprising and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pioneers in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research
I have always been interested in what I call “unenterprising areas”. I am not convinced that geographic areas need high rates of new firm formation and I am not particularly impressed by the argument that public policy should be devoted to ...
H. Landstrom, 2007
2
Recent Advances in Indo-Pacific Prehistory: Proceedings of ...
... and prehistorians brought up on the formal typological elaboration of European and western Asian Palaeolithic traditions are said to regard them as 'crude, colourless and unenterprising', terms indicative of a general cultural stagnation.
Virendra N. Misra, Peter S. Bellwood, 1985
3
History of the Commonwealth of England, from Its ...
... his brother; but he was a member of both the protector's parliaments, and had been occasionally §)I;IVAII1;. put forward in committees. Character of Richard Cromwel. of good sense, but unenterprising. ' See above, p. 362. “' Ludlow, p.596 .
William Godwin, 1828
4
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics ...
Had its natural advantages been turned to account, it might have been the granary of the British colonies, instead of barely supporting a poor and unenterprising population of 40,000. Of the whole 1,400,000 acres, only 10,000 are said to be ...
‎1839
5
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
He was as respectable, as neatly-dressed, as mechanical, and as unenterprising. His life was bounded, east, west, north, and south, by the Planet Insurance Company, which employed him; and that there were other ways in which a man ...
P. G. Wodehouse, 2012
6
A critical review of the orthography of Dr. Webster's series ...
Undersheriff do. Underaherif Undershorifry Undersheriff Underslieriffry Undersherif do. Uneticumbered, dodo. da Unencumbsred Unincumbsred Unincbanied do. Unenchanted, Uninchanted da Unenchanted Unenterprising Uneq u a.fled do.
‎1831
7
Neighbours from Hell?: English Attitudes to the Welsh
... a mongrel race. They do not like the fact that their near neighbours are far more settled on their land, or that they have been there for millennia. 'An Unenterprising People' If the Welsh are seen by the English as being appreciably different in ...
Mike Parker, 2007
8
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Some Empirical Studies
... firm formation, particularly in "unenterprising" areas. The lessons from this chapter are that public policies to raise new firm formation, particularly in " unenterprising" areas are likely to be unproductive at best and counter- productive at worst.
Adriaan Johannes van Stel, 2005
9
The Man Upstairs & Other Stories - From the Manor Wodehouse ...
In London at the present moment there exist some thousands of respectable, neatly-dressed, mechanical, unenterprising young men, employed at modest salaries by various banks, corporations, stores, shops, and business firms. They are put ...
P. G. Wodehouse, 2008
10
The Management of Values: Organizational and Educational Issues
In relation to the third assumption, that young people are unenterprising, our data are more difficult to interpret since it is difficult, as discussed earlier, to provide a definition of what it means to be enterprising without providing a context.
Samuel M. Natale, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNENTERPRISING»

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1
COLUMN - Seems the fight-back has begun!
... the biggest problem we face in Barbados today is not any “international recession”, but rather, an uninspiring and unenterprising governmental administration. «Barbados Today, Jul 15»
2
4 Business Services Stocks to Profit Investors in Q2
Mirroring the performance of 2014, the U.S. had an unenterprising start to 2015 as the economy contracted 0.2% in the first quarter. Reminiscent of the first ... «Zacks.com, Jul 15»
3
Running rugby will triumph - Heyneke
True enough, he has won his share of titles - including two Super Rugby triumphs - with a style of rugby that was as unenterprising as it was uncompromising ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
Women in Vivekananda's man-making project
... slavish, unenterprising, and poor.” He constantly exhorted his countrymen to uplift Indian women because “only then there is hope, otherwise there will be no ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
5
Rafał Blechacz review – technically brilliant, emotionally lacking
His Wigmore recital – a rather unenterprising programme of sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven, followed by a Chopin group – did little to clarify things. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
6
The Lesson of Father Gleb
Why had I not done something like this myself, why was I so unenterprising?. . . I must do something similar! Yakunin and Eshliman's actions were not supported ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jan 15»
7
7 changes which can make ODI cricket more interesting
Most people prefer to watch a short action filled three and half hour T20 extravaganza over a 100-over ODI, which invariably sees unenterprising cricket in the ... «Sportskeeda, Feb 14»
8
Oldies' fever: Going full circle - a contemporary Haaf Playt revives …
Bano and Mirza squabble about sweet nothings like inflation and the unenterprising occupation of poets in Pakistan. PHOTO: MYRA IQBAL/EXPRESS. «The Express Tribune, Jan 14»
9
From the archive, 21 November 1924: In love and war: the craft of …
Timorous and unenterprising swains might well be excused for renouncing any further thoughts of matrimony rather than face the awful day of doom when the ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
10
Independence Day-saster
... have no dramatic presence as adversaries, and Independence Day-saster is easily one of the more generic entries in this decidedly unenterprising subgenre. «A.V. Club, Jun 13»
REFERENCE
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