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underambition

noun

Etymology

From under- + ambition.

  1. derived from ambitiō
  2. derived from ambition
  3. inherited from ambicioun
  4. prefixed as underambition — “under + ambition”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being underambitious.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA