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Recent Examples of unsensational
But its most striking characteristic, now that the media is completely oversaturated with violent murders and courtroom dramas, is that De Lestrade’s work is so straightforward and unsensational.
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Vogue, 8 June 2018
Robinson, whose credits include The L Word and True Blood, approaches the story in such a low-key, unsensational way that the trio's beyond-bohemian arrangement is barely eyebrow-raising.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
Vogue, 8 June 2018
Robinson, whose credits include The L Word and True Blood, approaches the story in such a low-key, unsensational way that the trio's beyond-bohemian arrangement is barely eyebrow-raising.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsensational
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With a choir and orchestra arranged by Axel Stordahl, the strings swell to heart-leaping proportions, while Sinatra keeps things sedate and sanguine with an undramatic vocal, which drips with a warm camaraderie.—
Emma Madden,
Vulture,
23 Dec. 2024
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On one hand, this was an extremely unsurprising and undramatic Bachelor franchise finale.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2024
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Where to Stay in Berlin, Maryland Check In To A Historic Hotel Berlin may be a small town but its lodging options are far superior to your average side-of-the-road lodges or unexciting hotel chains.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
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Anyway, the matchups are largely unexciting given most of the drivers have no history or rivalry together (Ryan Preece vs. Tyler Reddick?—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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While Scheffler’s first major title gave CBS something of a leg up over the previous year, deliveries for the concluding stage of the 2022 Masters were resolutely unspectacular.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
23 July 2025
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Although Hendricks has been unspectacular this season, he’s done well to get through at least five innings while allowing three runs or fewer in most of his starts.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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The final game of the preseason is typically uneventful, but the Las Vegas Raiders had a significant development during their 20-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.—
Tashan Reed,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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But even with their seemingly uneventful patrols, guard members may soon be armed while out and about.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
19 Aug. 2025
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Rollins said the facility will be completed by the end of 2025, allowing USDA to aerially disperse sterile male flies at the border and northern Mexico to mate with wild female flies, resulting in no offspring.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Combatting the screwworm The U.S. Department of Agriculture will build a facility in Texas, the largest cattle-producing state, that will produce sterile flies to try and keep the flies' population from growing.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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An unimaginative offseason and years of poor drafting left had them no choice.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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The world of streetwear, expensive sneakers and sweatshirts is an unimaginative and dreary place.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
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That, and try to seem as uninteresting as possible.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
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The files, however, were a bust, consisting mostly of uninteresting or already public information.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 July 2025
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The drama stars Cici Wang as Monkey, a backstage theater worker facing unemployment after years of unrewarding work.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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These plants are often altogether unrewarding for pollinators, since the flowers no longer produce nectar or pollen.—
Claire Therese Hemingway,
The Conversation,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Unsensational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsensational. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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