unenterprising
adjective
uk/ʌnˈen.tə.praɪ.zɪŋ/us/ʌnˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪ.zɪŋ/not good atthinkingof and doing new anddifficultthings,especiallythings that will makemoney:
没有进取心的, 无事业心的He waslazyand unenterprising, andexpectedjobsto justflyin through thewindow.他懒惰,没有进取心,期望工作从窗户飞进来。
London can be theloneliestplaceonearthif you are tooshyor too unenterprising to makefriends.如果你太害羞或太缺乏进取心而无法交朋友,伦敦可能是地球上最孤独的地方。
Compare
enterprising
- Heregardedthem as being unenterprising andincapableofadvancement.
- Everyone was on afiddleof somesortand those who were not weresimplytoodumbor unenterprising tofindone.
- Ilookforwardtodiscoveringwhatourunenterprisingministerwillgleanin hisshorttrip.
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- for toffeeidiom
- fumble
- functional illiteracy
- gauche
- geek
- jack-of-all-trades
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- toffee
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unequal