unadventurous

Example Sentences

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It’s not that the art is bad, but much of it feels unadventurous or like reheated versions of earlier, more groundbreaking projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

This win and the much-improved first-half performance was still not enough to change their view, with a return to a more conservative and unadventurous display in the second half a cause for frustration.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

She found the men she dated in Denver after her divorce to be unadventurous.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2023

This unadventurous pursuit entails imitating its characters’ details, costumes and color palette to mimic, as closely as possible, what the audience is already familiar with.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Emmy was less dark, more temperamentally unadventurous, stouter, and possessed of more colour.

From Nocturne by Swinnerton, Frank