as in unconvincing
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Lefkow found many of the defendants’ assertions unpersuasive.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2024
Instead, TikTok paid lip service to transparency by embarking on Project Texas, an unpersuasive project meant to assuage fears about Chinese spying by moving TikTok’s U.S. user data to data servers owned by the American company Oracle.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The argument made by Paramount’s lawyers — that the monopoly existed only in the DOJ’s mind — proved unpersuasive.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Judge Sidney Stein found the argument from Menendez's legal team unpersuasive.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2024
Instead, TikTok paid lip service to transparency by embarking on Project Texas, an unpersuasive project meant to assuage fears about Chinese spying by moving TikTok’s U.S. user data to data servers owned by the American company Oracle.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The argument made by Paramount’s lawyers — that the monopoly existed only in the DOJ’s mind — proved unpersuasive.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Judge Sidney Stein found the argument from Menendez's legal team unpersuasive.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpersuasive
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Also not helping matters: a shout-y performance from Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover and unconvincing old-age makeup that becomes a constant distraction in scenes set later in Hoover’s life.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The wrap-up, on the other hand, is unconvincing and weak, an act of narrative laziness that—ironically, given Catherine’s history—borders on deceit.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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The health effects of gender-affirming care are inconclusive.Ge Bai, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The findings are inconclusive; Robbie’s teeth seem bigger and whiter, but she’s had the same small knick in one lateral incisor since early adulthood.Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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But, early on in Game Five, Flaherty was ineffective, New York went ahead by five runs, and Yankee Stadium emanated good cheer.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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But the reality is that if top leadership isn’t aligned, any attempts at transformation further down the line will be ineffective.Carlos Hoyos, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Christie’s theory of the case isn’t entirely uncompelling.Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
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In our view, the current arguments — that the benefits outweigh the risks — are surprisingly uncompelling.Francis S. Collins, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2019
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Allegations of voter fraud and election interference have begun in early voting, following years of unfounded claims surrounding the result of the 2020 presidential race.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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During the 2024 presidential race, former President Donald Trump and his allies, including X owner Elon Musk, have promoted an unfounded conspiracy theory that undocumented migrants are being allowed into the U.S. to vote.Laura Doan, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpersuasive. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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