nonambition

noun

nonambition

noun

Etymology From non- + ambition.

1

Absence of ambition; the quality of being unambitious.

  • Gary, cushioned by Caroline’s inheritance, was free to cultivate nonambition and to be, as a boss, the perfect strict and loving father that he could only halfway be at home.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

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