unspectacular

adjective

un·​spec·​tac·​u·​lar ˌən-spek-ˈta-kyə-lər How to pronounce unspectacular (audio)
-spək-
: not spectacular or special : ordinary
a good but unspectacular performance
unspectacularly adverb

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Bellinger had a solid if unspectacular season after a strong bounce back in 2023. Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024 Nuno’s 2019-20 Wolves, who finished seventh in the league with 59 points, were unspectacular but solid from corners. Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024 Against this backdrop—not to mention this government’s serviceable, if unspectacular, budgets to date—investors were primed for some good news. Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2016 During the first two decades after its independence in 1980, Zimbabwe was considered an African success story, with a stable regime overseeing steady if unspectacular economic growth—real incomes growing an average just over one percent a year, although some years recorded double-digit gains. John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2018 See all Example Sentences for unspectacular 

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unspectacular was in 1926

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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unspectacular. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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