inadventurous

English

Etymology

in- +‎ adventurous

Adjective

inadventurous (comparative more inadventurous, superlative most inadventurous)

  1. Not adventurous.
    • 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:
      Inadventurous, unstirred by impulses of practical ambition, I was capable of sitting twenty years teaching infants the hornbook, turning silk dresses and making children's frocks.
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