1. not having or showing the qualities of a hero; lacking courage, nobility, or admirable qualities

Examples

• His unheroic retreat from the battlefield disappointed his soldiers.
• The novel’s protagonist was deliberately unheroic and flawed.
• She made an unheroic decision to avoid confronting the bully.
• The unheroic response to the crisis left many feeling let down.
• His unheroic behavior during the emergency was widely criticized.
• The movie portrayed war in an unheroic, realistic way.