inaudacious

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adjective

Lacking in audacity; not audacious.

OriginLatin audacia →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveinaudacious (comparative more inaudacious, superlative most inaudacious)

comparative more inaudacious · superlative most inaudacious

  1. Lacking in audacity; not audacious.

    It was an inaudacious start.

    2007, Stephen A. Hart, Sherman Firefly Vs Tiger: Normandy 1944, page 10

Origin

  1. Latinaudacia“boldness”
  2. Englishinaudacious

From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

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APA

inaudacious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaudacious

MLA

“inaudacious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaudacious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inaudacious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaudacious.

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