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Meanings of nonenterprising in English

Lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome.

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1
He was as respectable, as neatly-dressed, as mechanical, and as unenterprising.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
2
Never mind structural unemployment: if you don't have a job it's because you are unenterprising.
The Guardian
3
The mines are worked at the present time, but only in a desultory and unenterprising manner.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
4
He was advanced in years, and naturally unenterprising.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7: ...
5
The garrison within Bristol was small and unenterprising, and in point of fact the war was over.
Under the Storm