unadventurous

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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

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

To entice novice concertgoers, ECM isn’t falling back on the tried-and-true, under the assumption that a new listener is an unadventurous, easily frightened-off listener.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2022

Within a year, she was playing under Phil Spitalny, whose all-girl band — heavy on harps and chiffon gowns — offered unadventurous material but a steady income.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

It is not to be supposed that our dramatist pursues the same direct and unadventurous route that lies open to every citizen of Paris and London.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various