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unambition

unambition noun: the absence of ambition.

Noun

unambition (uncountable)

  1. The absence of ambition.
    • Now indeed they are weak : now they profess unworldliness and unambition1850, Francis William Newman, Phases of Faith

Origin of unambition

From un- + ambition.

Questions about unambition

What does unambition mean?
Unambition means the absence of ambition.
What part of speech is unambition?
Unambition is a noun.

Words near unambition in the dictionary

  1. unambiguities
  2. unambiguity
  3. unambiguous
  4. unambiguously
  5. unambiguousness
  6. unambition
  7. unambitious
  8. unambitiously
  9. unambitiousness
  10. unambivalence
  11. unambivalent

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