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inadventurous

inadventurous adjective: not adventurous.

Adjective

inadventurous (comparative more inadventurous, superlative most inadventurous)

  1. Not adventurous.
    • Inadventurous, unstirred by impulses of practical ambition, I was capable of sitting twenty years teaching infants the hornbook, turning silk dresses and making children's frocks.1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette

Forms of inadventurous

comparativemore inadventurous
superlativemost inadventurous

Origin of inadventurous

From in- + adventurous.

Questions about inadventurous

What does inadventurous mean?
Inadventurous means not adventurous.
What part of speech is inadventurous?
Inadventurous is an adjective.

Words near inadventurous in the dictionary

  1. inadmissibility
  2. inadmissible
  3. inadmissibles
  4. inadmissibly
  5. inadmittable
  6. inadventurous
  7. inadvertence
  8. inadvertences
  9. inadvertencies
  10. inadvertency
  11. inadvertent

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