as in grey
not causing people to want to do or create something
an uninspiring public speaker The landscape was dreary and uninspiring.
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Recent Examples of uninspiring
The defense needed one more stop to give the offense a chance to salvage a largely uninspiring afternoon, but Jeff Hafley’s unit couldn’t muster it.
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The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
The report took into account living standards, cultural environment, housing, infrastructure, air quality and other features that can make a city either an attractive or uninspiring place to live.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2024
Nearly every contender in the league is eager to land an additional top-four capable defender and the supply of potentially available trade targets is both meagre and somewhat uninspiring.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that numbers are dull and uninspiring, numbers dominate our decisions — on what to buy, whom to hire and where to donate money.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
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The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
The report took into account living standards, cultural environment, housing, infrastructure, air quality and other features that can make a city either an attractive or uninspiring place to live.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2024
Nearly every contender in the league is eager to land an additional top-four capable defender and the supply of potentially available trade targets is both meagre and somewhat uninspiring.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that numbers are dull and uninspiring, numbers dominate our decisions — on what to buy, whom to hire and where to donate money.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for uninspiring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninspiring
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How to Deep-Clean Your Hairbrush What's that grey lint covering your hairbrush?—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine beaches across Sydney were closed on January 14 after the marble-sized white and grey balls started washing up along the shore, leaving authorities and scientists alike stumped as to their origins.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The entire family is outraged, but Peter insists that the film is slow, boring and essentially, overrated.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Mahomes is giving boring game-day outfits the boot!—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The company, which relies heavily on sales in mainland China where Arc’teryx and Salomon are especially popular, suffered from fears of weak consumer demand given the pallid state of the Chinese economy.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
24 Nov. 2024
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Dark gray smoke puffed into the sky behind him as Tiptoe the African sulcata tortoise crunched on the green lawn beneath him.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2025
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Basara took to social media to expose the harassment, sharing a video that showed the man—distinct with his gray beard and Eagles jacket—relentlessly taunting his fiancée with offensive language.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Because isn’t that what effectively happens to an innie who will never again awaken in a sterile elevator?—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Harm reduction reduces the risks associated with drug use, including overdose and the spread of infectious diseases, by providing free syringe service programs, overdose prevention sites, fentanyl tests, naloxone kits and training and sterile injection or smoking equipment.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes, the 17-year-old makes this dusty trek twice per day, committed to perfecting his backhand on ground balls, creating separation between his upper and lower half on swings off the tee, and strengthening his already laser-like arm through a regimen of regular drills.—
Greg Presto,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Around 20 million years ago, as wind and streams whittled away at the Rocky Mountains, the debris was dumped in the High Plains, a dusty bed of sand and gravel.—
Daniel Desrochers,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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Women and adults younger than 45 are more likely than men and older adults to say that moderate drinking is bad for health, as were Democrats and independents.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Listeriosis is considered a serious condition and can be dangerous or life-threatening, especially to newborns, those aged 65 or older, those who are pregnant, and those with weak immune systems, according to the and pregnant people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Southern California's climate continues to ping-pong between unseasonably wet conditions, which grow vegetation and unseasonably dry conditions which dry all that out into fire fuel.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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According to one study, even in the extremely dry Martian atmosphere, the climatic conditions inside the volcanoes' craters are such that frost can form even though it's never been found elsewhere on Mars – even at the poles.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Uninspiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninspiring. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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