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inaudacious

inaudacious adjective: lacking in audacity; not audacious.

Adjective

inaudacious (comparative more inaudacious, superlative most inaudacious)

  1. Lacking in audacity; not audacious.
    • It was an inaudacious start.2007, Stephen A. Hart, Sherman Firefly Vs Tiger: Normandy 1944, page 10

Forms of inaudacious

comparativemore inaudacious
superlativemost inaudacious

Origin of inaudacious

From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

Questions about inaudacious

What does inaudacious mean?
Inaudacious means lacking in audacity; not audacious.
What part of speech is inaudacious?
Inaudacious is an adjective.

Words near inaudacious in the dictionary

  1. inattentively
  2. inattentiveness
  3. inattraction
  4. inattributable
  5. inau
  6. inaudacious
  7. inaudacity
  8. inaudibilities
  9. inaudibility
  10. inaudible
  11. inaudibleness

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