Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underambition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-am-bi-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being underambitious.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Both overambition and underambition at this stage will lead to frustration and the inevitable lack of effective progress."
"So it is important to take seriously the scope to configure what your research will be about, avoiding both overreaching topics and underambition."
"Being overambitious bears the risk of ending up empty-handed, whereas underambition will lead to a vocational track that has too little promotion potential."

Etymology

From under- + ambition.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does underambition mean?: The quality of being underambitious.
Where does underambition come from?: From under- + ambition.

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