How to Use unenthused in a Sentence

unenthused

adjective
  • For their part, bodega workers in the area were unenthused about the project.
    New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Willa seems unenthused about the idea, but Connor's mind may be set.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The unenthused often label this inky potable — and sometimes even its lighter sibling, porter — as bitter, heavy bread in a glass.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Dion has dropped weight and gotten high praise from his trainers and the work he's put it, but when Spoelstra has been asked about it, his responses seem almost unenthused.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Trustees were generally unenthused with the idea of altering the goals.
    Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • When faced with an unenthused director, Moira fought for her movie by suggesting changes and inspiring him to get behind the project.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Speaking to undecideds and the unenthused, Obama echoed his eulogy this month of the late civil rights icon John Lewis.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Rob McElhenney's Mac is unenthused, however, even as the now-out Mac has seemingly decided to shut the closet door for good.
    Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The film prompted mass walkouts at its Cannes premiere in May. Early reviews ranged in tone from outraged to unenthused to almost ecstatic.
    Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Koepka had previously sounded unenthused about the prospect of playing in the Olympics, saying the sport's four majors, plus the Ryder Cup and other big events, give players plenty to strive for.
    Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • Koepka had previously sounded unenthused about the prospect of playing in the Olympics, saying the sport’s four majors, plus the Ryder Cup and other big events, give players plenty to strive for.
    Eddie Pells, ajc, 25 July 2021
  • The track, which featured Nas, was a hit, but not with everyone — Tracy Chapman was especially unenthused because the song sampled one of her works.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2021
  • But the way this guy is reporting on the festivities in his distinctly unenthused fashion is already capturing the hearts of those who took to Twitter to share their feelings about him.
    Ashley Hoffman, Time, 18 May 2018
  • Boring, unenthused, but stretchable into a galaxy of different forms, visualized in the image above—call it the Tree of Laughter.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 27 May 2020
  • Far fewer Democratic members of Congress weighed in on Twitter, although those who did were markedly unenthused.
    Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The city appears unenthused about maintaining the status quo, which would keep taxpayers on the hook for the cavernous Civic Center's heating and cooling and general maintenance.
    John Sharp, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Philip's mom, Queen Ingrith (Pfeiffer), is equally unenthused, producing one of those uncomfortable meet-the-in-laws dinners, bringing some welcome humor into the movie.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Nvidia proposed certain unspecified remedies to address those concerns, but the CMA was unenthused.
    Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
  • But unenthused patients and lack of effectiveness saw this method exchanged for more hand sanitizing stations.
    James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • That's what happened with Carter and Bush; long after Kennedy and Buchanan had conceded defeat, the people who backed their candidacies remained unenthused about the prospect of voting for their party's incumbent president.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 19 Mar. 2018
  • And when provided with some of the responses from other physicists regarding his work, Wolfram is singularly unenthused.
    Adam Becker, Scientific American, 6 May 2020
  • Although the City Council at its May 12 meeting seemed wholly unenthused with plunking down more than $25 million into building a community center until more studies are done, the project was included in the city’s facility projects budget.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • Barker’s ex-wife Shanna Moakler is particularly unenthused by the love connection and has been voicing her displeasure about her ex’s new relationship.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 18 May 2021
  • The president has found its apolitical members, such as Rex Tillerson, the outgoing secretary of state, disappointingly unenthused by his ideas.
    The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • But not everyone is excited by the glamorous teaser — the woman that Gaga is portraying particularly unenthused.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • While most everyone thinks baseball is grand, many residents were unenthused that public money was being showered on Liberty Media, a company worth billions.
    Bill Torpy, ajc, 24 May 2018
  • Other outlets greeted Trump’s candidacy with similarly unenthused headlines.
    Melanie Mason, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2022

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