unadventurous

Adjective

Meaning

lacking in boldness

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Synonyms

orthodox old-fashioned traditional normal stock straight conventional safe conservative moderate steady careful predictable cautious vanilla
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Antonyms

adventurous daredevil left liberal petitioner asker
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Examples

Moderation, the Golden Mean, the Aristonmetron, is the secret of wisdom and of happiness. But it does not mean embracing an unadventurous mediocrity: rather it is an elaborate balancing-act, a feat of intellectual skill demanding constant vigilance. Its aim is a reconciliation of opposites. Robertson Davies

I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job. Mary Hoffman

In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person. Brian Eno

As such, it is easy for them to be erroneously branded unadventurous and dull in sexual matters. citation Paper on the difficulties facing "vanilla partners". Source: Internet

The orchestral parts for his concertos were often polite, unadventurous, and clearly supportive of the soloist. Source: Internet

When looking at conventional sex with disdain, it may be described as unadventurous or dull. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unadventuresome unadventuresomeness unadventuring unadventurously unadventurousness unadversarial