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inventurous

inventurous adjective: unadventurous; unventuresome.

Adjective

inventurous (comparative more inventurous, superlative most inventurous)

  1. (archaic) Unadventurous; unventuresome.

Forms of inventurous

comparativemore inventurous
superlativemost inventurous

Origin of inventurous

From in- + venturous.

Questions about inventurous

What does inventurous mean?
Inventurous means unadventurous; unventuresome.
What part of speech is inventurous?
Inventurous is an adjective.

Words near inventurous in the dictionary

  1. inventress
  2. inventresses
  3. inventrices
  4. inventrix
  5. invents
  6. inventurous
  7. Inver
  8. Inver Grove Heights
  9. Inver-
  10. inveracious
  11. inveracities

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