unspectacular
adjective
un·spec·tac·u·lar
ˌən-spek-ˈta-kyə-lər 
-spək-
: not spectacular or special : ordinary
a good but unspectacular performance
unspectacularly
adverb
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Against this backdrop—not to mention this government’s serviceable, if unspectacular, budgets to date—investors were primed for some good news.
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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
Revenue growth has proven steady but unspectacular.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Leigh Silverman directs a rigorously unspectacular production, with an almost dogmatic refusal to add any Broadway razzle.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
Revenue growth has proven steady but unspectacular.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Leigh Silverman directs a rigorously unspectacular production, with an almost dogmatic refusal to add any Broadway razzle.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unspectacular. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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