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
In May 2023, the Turkish opposition came within a few points of beating a long-ruling populist strongman, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, despite fielding an uninspiring candidate who failed to offer a convincing agenda for economic improvement.
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Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
The announcement came soon after a presidential debate performance in late June that many saw equally uninspiring and troubling, and led to subsequent questions about Biden’s mental fitness and ability to defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Master of One The design of the Acer Nitro 5 is fairly uninspiring, but it feels strongly built for a plastic machine.
—Adam Speight, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2022
The hackers indicted this week worked in an uninspiring office block in Guangdong province.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 23 July 2020
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Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
The announcement came soon after a presidential debate performance in late June that many saw equally uninspiring and troubling, and led to subsequent questions about Biden’s mental fitness and ability to defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Master of One The design of the Acer Nitro 5 is fairly uninspiring, but it feels strongly built for a plastic machine.
—Adam Speight, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2022
The hackers indicted this week worked in an uninspiring office block in Guangdong province.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 23 July 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninspiring
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Bynes dressed casually in a grey sweatshirt, black leggings, and white loafers.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Stepping out, Rosé wore a red, white and blue oversized Bud racing jacket, with a grey Mickey Mouse hoodie underneath, a brown skirt, and brown and blue plaid pumps.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2024
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But to play to that dichotomy is a tightrope walk: lean too far one way and Indy becomes boring, either as too normal or a superhero.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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The idea was clear enough, and conceptual artists have been struggling ever since to make works that are not as boring as this one.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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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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Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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For the post-premiere after-party, Depp shed her top layer, rocking just the gray dress underneath.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
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Little is known about the gray industrial design, which has been shrouded in secrecy.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
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Plastics became indispensable in healthcare, enabling sterile equipment, syringes, and life-saving devices like incubators and blood bags.David Carlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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While the soaring space and large walls of windows certainly let the outside in, modernist homes can often lean sterile if not outfitted with an injection of soft textures and color.Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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Small, personal attentions are dotted throughout the stay, such as tucking in a teddy, proactively repairing an earring’s closing mechanism, rejuvenating dusty trainers after a day of exploration, or bringing in canapés the guest visibly enjoyed at dinner as a mid-day snack.Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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And some days, its dusty air carries the stench of the polluted Salton Sea eight miles west.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Cold weather always brings its own set of challenges, and one common winter woe is the discomfort of dry and chapped lips.Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Make sure your tools are completely dry before storing them in your garage, basement, potting shed, or other dry location.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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