Unambitious

The bank also outlined new targets for 2010 -- called unambitious by analysts -- to go with a revamped structure. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Il Capitano Smeet 'was not sorry to get out of the government house -- palazzo, as some of the simple people of Elba called the unambitious dwelling. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

That might be called unambitious but I did not want to be away all week from my family. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lakshmi and Dell began dating in November 2007 and remained romantically involved until she dumped him in September 2009, telling him he was "unambitious" and had an "uninteresting" career, his lawsuit said. ❋ AP (2011)

Her life was frugal, her dresses "unambitious", her one seeming luxury a Valor stove with two paraffin wicks, which her adored son, David Garnett, had bought for her. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Throw in injuries and a nasty contract dispute which saw him label the club as "unambitious" a statement he has since retracted, after signing a contract extension and you can see why he's probably glad 2010 is over. ❋ Gabriele Marcotti (2011)

In 1878 S.r S.afford Northcote's Budget, described as "unambitious", increased the duty on dogs and tobacco and raised income tax by 2d; Mrs Brassey published "The Voyage of the S.nbeam", an account of her round-the-world cruise by yacht; the phonograph ( "an instrument which prints sound for subsequent reproduction by electricity") was a popular novelty; and Gilbert and S.llivan's H.M.S. Pinafore had its first night on May 25 at the Opera Comique. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And that's not just a euphemistic way of saying 'unambitious'; in fact, they're more sweeping than any President has proposed in a generation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other companies are offering this for the "unambitious:" ❋ Unknown (2008)

If we say 'Unambitious men, and who have no experience', 'unambitious' and 'who have no experience' are not in the same form, but they have the same function—that of specifying the class of men referred to. ❋ Unknown (1908)

Bailed-out banks 'new lending deal' unambitious 'banks are expected to announce a new lending deal alongside the Budget, but economists today slammed the plans as unambitious. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Earlier in the week the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research called nation's climate commitments "unambitious" and "paltry", noting that we're well on the way to seeing 3°C temperature rise by 2100. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Canada gets special mention for its "unambitious" greenhouse gas emissions cuts in a report that says the planet is in grave danger of overheating. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As he spoke clearly, and calmly, the five Group said on Thursday it was still assessing ways to withdraw, wholly or partly, from a state scheme to insure its toxic assets, after reports it plans to raise 25 ... funds to cut its reliance on Government support "unambitious" and "tempered". ❋ Unknown (2009)

EU emissions pledge 'unambitious' climate summit we seem to be poised between the possibility of new directions for the world, and meek capitulation to environmental upheaval. ❋ Unknown (2009)