as in uninspiring
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Recent Examples of unexciting
While Gamuda reported unexciting results on Thursday, with net profit rising 5% year-on-year to 205.4 million ringgit in the three months ended October despite a 47% jump in revenue to 4.1 billion ringgit, Kenanga’s Teh projects stronger earnings ahead for the company.
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Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
So the Royals have firmed up their second base position (lefty-hitting Massey should move into a bench role) with a stable if somewhat unexciting presence who is locked in for the next couple of years.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Yet the performance on Friday tended bland: lovely and unexciting.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
He’s been with the A’s since Jed Lowrie led the team in WAR (2017), and he’s developed into a reliable if unexciting innings eater for a team that’s really needed one over the last two seasons.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
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Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
So the Royals have firmed up their second base position (lefty-hitting Massey should move into a bench role) with a stable if somewhat unexciting presence who is locked in for the next couple of years.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Yet the performance on Friday tended bland: lovely and unexciting.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
He’s been with the A’s since Jed Lowrie led the team in WAR (2017), and he’s developed into a reliable if unexciting innings eater for a team that’s really needed one over the last two seasons.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexciting
Adjective
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Dallas owner Jerry Jones doesn’t strike confidence in his fan base, especially with this week’s uninspiring hire of Brian Schottenheimer.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Reinsdorf surely knew any negative fan reaction the Bulls would receive for an uninspiring haul for LaVine would pale in comparison with the pounding the Mavericks were taking for dealing Dončić in his prime.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In many of the cases, the endings with Heat leading men have been awkward and, at least initially, unrewarding.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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Automation enables human workers to opt out of repetitive tasks that are physically taxing but otherwise unrewarding.—
Massimo Bizzi,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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Manager Gareth Southgate has been under pressure for the English being defensive and mostly uninteresting to watch, but the results have been good enough.—
Dan Santaromita,
The Athletic,
10 July 2024
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The path that was designed for her was uninteresting to her.—
Adam Moss,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Harris, the narrator’s husband: Paul Mescal or Nick Kroll Can Ireland's sexiest chain-wearer reinvent himself as a boring straight guy who's not entirely fulfilling his wife?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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From awful ads to a divisive halftime show to a boring game, 10 things to forget.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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At the far extreme, there is the insipid libertarianism of Ron Paul, the former Texas representative, who has claimed that Marine detachments guarding U.S. embassies count as examples of military overstretch.—
Bret Stephens,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Feb. 2013
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The blandly positive lyrics seemed even more insipid amid all the bedroom jams.—
Eric Webb,
Austin American-Statesman,
1 June 2024
Adjective
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Much of our modern architecture is monotonous, repetitive and without character.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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What seemed like innovative movement mechanics in 3D is stifled by repetitive, confusing level design with its monotonous mazes.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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One of the things that spoke to us about this process in particular is, there was something about the twisting of the rules, the almost banal cruelty of the unfairness of it.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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This time around, though, so many folks have posted the same quotes to the point that the brilliant is becoming banal.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Eat solid foods that taste bland, are high in carbohydrates, and are low in fat.—
Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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He’s neutered down to a bland, depressing facsimile of himself here, a white-bread double-take machine reacting to the theoretical comedic stylings of Nicole Kidman.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Unexciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexciting. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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