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as in uninspiring
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as in unemotional
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as in humble
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Recent Examples of unimpressive
Saunders is coming off an unimpressive game statistically in BYU's last outing.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Still, its track record keeping sophisticated fourth-generation F-14s acquired during that period operational to the present day isn’t unimpressive.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
The rate of mutations as this virus jumps from person to person is indeed unimpressive.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Over the next billion-odd years, the universe went from a bland, unimpressive landscape to a rich and dynamic one.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Still, its track record keeping sophisticated fourth-generation F-14s acquired during that period operational to the present day isn’t unimpressive.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
The rate of mutations as this virus jumps from person to person is indeed unimpressive.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Over the next billion-odd years, the universe went from a bland, unimpressive landscape to a rich and dynamic one.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimpressive
Adjective
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Bottom line: The present is extremely uninspiring, but the future is … well, maybe not bright, but at least mildly luminous.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The bottom line: The Rogue is attractive, if somewhat uninspiring to drive.—
Joann Muller,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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As the film opens, a matter-of-fact, unemotional voice shares statistics about children living with poverty, parental abuse and alcoholism in the United States, as the numbers flash in simple white text on a black screen.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire, an underground crime lord and boxer in A Thousand Blows, a neo-Nazi play-acting at being a father in This Is England, a coolly unemotional dystopian leader in Bodies.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2025
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Like a cat with nine lives, the building has undergone multiple renovations since its humble start as a savonnerie, or soap factory, in 1630.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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What began as a humble mom-and-pop grocer and butcher shop a century ago is now a well-greased sausage factory, selling its products to big-name distributors such as Shamrock Foods, US Foods and Sysco, which get them to major sporting venues such as Ball Arena and Coors Field.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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The artist himself, however, was rather more unprepossessing.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2023
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The bishop has an amiable, unprepossessing manner, with a slight stoop and a twinkly smile.—
Nathaniel Rich Stacy Kranitz,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2022
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The tone of his book is dispassionate, befitting his soft-spoken, considered persona, but its message is clear: By favoring more and more immigration, the modern left betrayed its traditional working-class constituency.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Maybe being more dispassionate is one part of the equation.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And most VCs seem to be average or mediocre at best.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Milwaukee sits with a mediocre 5-5 record, while New Orleans sits with a 3-7 record.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Instead, we've been left with emotionless exchanges that consist of emojis, gifs and short-form abbreviations that replace full sentences and conversational courtesies.—
Dontaira Terrell,
Refinery29,
27 Mar. 2025
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This game is tied – thanks to those emotionless robot umps.—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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That adds up to more than a modest, marginal performance boost.—
John Kannapell,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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How modest, after all, safety’s promises, the ground beneath us not giving out, not even that.—
Maya C. Popa,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Unimpressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimpressive. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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