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underambition

underambition noun: the quality of being underambitious.

Noun

underambition (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being underambitious.
    • Both overambition and underambition at this stage will lead to frustration and the inevitable lack of effective progress.2002, Eric Ruding, Middle Management in Action: Practical Approaches to School Improvement, →ISBN
    • So it is important to take seriously the scope to configure what your research will be about, avoiding both overreaching topics and underambition.2003, Patrick Dunleavy, Authoring a PhD, →ISBN

Origin of underambition

From under- + ambition.

Questions about underambition

What does underambition mean?
Underambition means the quality of being underambitious.
What part of speech is underambition?
Underambition is a noun.

Words near underambition in the dictionary

  1. underallocating
  2. underallocation
  3. underallocations
  4. underallotment
  5. underallotments
  6. underambition
  7. underambitious
  8. underamplification
  9. underamplifications
  10. underamplified
  11. underamplifies

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