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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
Do the Raptors, who entered Thursday night’s game against the Chicago Bulls with a 30-22 record but an unimpressive point differential and facing as difficult a remaining schedule as any team in the Eastern Conference, seem close enough to actual contention to justify that sort of move?
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
There is a lot of ground not covered here, but the long and short of it is, this cat-and-mouse thriller is too predictable and its two main leads are a rather lousy detective and an equally unimpressive killer.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
While the new formula is available in 44 shades, the OG came in a not-unimpressive 40.
—Dianna Singh, Allure, 8 Jan. 2026
Jefferies’ Simons expects the September employment report to show that employers added 65,000 jobs that month — unimpressive, but up from a meager 22,000 in August.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
There is a lot of ground not covered here, but the long and short of it is, this cat-and-mouse thriller is too predictable and its two main leads are a rather lousy detective and an equally unimpressive killer.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
While the new formula is available in 44 shades, the OG came in a not-unimpressive 40.
—Dianna Singh, Allure, 8 Jan. 2026
Jefferies’ Simons expects the September employment report to show that employers added 65,000 jobs that month — unimpressive, but up from a meager 22,000 in August.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimpressive
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Top-seeded Michigan survived an uninspiring performance to hold off Ohio State 71-67, while fourth-seeded Illinois blew a 15-point lead and faltered down the stretch in a 91-88 overtime loss to Wisconsin.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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When Mao Zedong died, in 1976, his successor as China’s paramount leader, Hua Guofeng, ruled as an uninspiring Maoist, following most of the Great Helmsman’s policies.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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While Clark was prone to long, unwieldy answers to questions, Meyer is pretty concise and unemotional in his responses.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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The reason why is that all of their star players behaved like Aztec alumnus Kawhi Leonard: unemotional, robotic freaks who do not care about anything other than basketball.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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There wasn’t anything inherently wrong with this, but outsourcing the writing to professionals only underscored the degree to which this humble document, once meant to blunt the puffery of the cover letter, had now become the leading weapon in the job seeker’s arsenal.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Sporks have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Rhode Island, and as the traveler’s preferred eating utensil, they’re destined to go ever further.—
James Stout,
Outside,
29 Mar. 2026
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Joe was an unprepossessing fellow.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 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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Beginning in December, the Los Angeles Times has published revelations about how politics has intruded on a supposedly dispassionate report on the fire department’s wildfire responses.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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The dispassionate stranger on the phone inquiring how a citizen intended to vote—and why—is one of those institutions.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Many longtime observers believe forcing the lowest seeds to cannibalize themselves in the opening round would strip the main event of its charm and that the mediocre teams from the heavyweight leagues should fill the 12 opening round matchups.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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After all, television is a business where thousands of people work, and a mediocre show can employ just as many people (minus a few writers) as an Emmy-winner.—
Jennifer Silverman,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2026
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Aeryn is introduced as cold and relatively emotionless, while John is the more empathetic and caring of the pair.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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In vacating the life prison term in 2024, Cook County Judge Marc Martin found in part that Modrowski had been unfairly portrayed as emotionless and cold during his 1995 trial and sentencing proceedings when the characteristics were likely due to his autism.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The other point is how the Marlins could replace a player of Alcantara’s talent for that modest-by-baseball-standards salary.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2026
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Set a modest milestone for today, then show your work to someone who can offer kind feedback.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Unimpressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimpressive. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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