unadventurous
adjective
un·ad·ven·tur·ous
ˌən-əd-ˈven-ch(ə-)rəs 
: not adventurous
an unadventurous person
an architecturally unadventurous design
unadventurously
adverb
unadventurousness
noun
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My navy blazer, white shirt and khakis would otherwise have felt rather staid and unadventurous (at least for me), but the texture, color, and patina of my polo belt felt apropos.
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Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The team became a kind of lazy shorthand for tastefully unadventurous filmmaking, and unfairly so.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Our children are unadventurous eaters.
—Damon Young, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
The way de Montebello sees it, the next challenge is persuading the geographically unadventurous to make the trip uptown.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2022
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Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The team became a kind of lazy shorthand for tastefully unadventurous filmmaking, and unfairly so.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Our children are unadventurous eaters.
—Damon Young, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
The way de Montebello sees it, the next challenge is persuading the geographically unadventurous to make the trip uptown.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2022
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“Unadventurous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unadventurous. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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