as in slow
not spectacular or special
The team has had an unspectacular season. The company's stock has shown consistent if unspectacular growth.
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Recent Examples of unspectacular
Michael Polish’s film gamely tries to compensate for unspectacular production values with a lot of action — but its staging is pedestrian at best.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
According to the Houston Police Department, a man on the flight was acting erratically and...
US employers added 143,000 jobs in solid but unspectacular January hiring, jobless rate fell to 4%
Robocalls and spam still a scourge.
—The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
The first monthly jobs report of Donald Trump's second presidency points to a solid but unspectacular labor market.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
That brought about a couple of playoff berths with solid but unspectacular players like Tyson Chandler, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, and Kirk Hinrich.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
According to the Houston Police Department, a man on the flight was acting erratically and...
US employers added 143,000 jobs in solid but unspectacular January hiring, jobless rate fell to 4%
Robocalls and spam still a scourge.
—The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
The first monthly jobs report of Donald Trump's second presidency points to a solid but unspectacular labor market.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
That brought about a couple of playoff berths with solid but unspectacular players like Tyson Chandler, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, and Kirk Hinrich.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspectacular
Adjective
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Plan For Possible Delays: Given the potential for slower processing, apply well before needing benefits.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Don’t confuse grilling with smoking though—the basic difference is smoking is a slow process where food is cooked at low temperatures for a long period while grilling requires high heat applied over a short burst of time.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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Will Warren and Carlos Carrasco are among the internal favorites to take the spot vacated by Cole, though the Yankees could explore the trade market or a slim, unexciting list of remaining free agents.—
Gary Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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Many economic forecasts show the U.S. adding somewhere around 150,000 jobs with a slight increase in the unemployment rate last month — a solid, if unexciting report.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
6 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile in Charlotte, it’s been an uneventful offseason for a change, almost to the point of boring.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Known for his often self-deprecating wit and warm smile, Uecker had an uneventful six-year MLB career with the Brewers and three other teams in the 1960s.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2025
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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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Yet what was once novel and football-redeeming has turned dull and unimaginative.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the expressiveness of Blauvelt’s long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt, the visuals here look flat and unimaginative.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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How has the market managed to hold its ground near record highs against a jarring breakdown in the bull market’s bell cow Nvidia , a jumpy bond market, some uninspiring results from Apple and Microsoft and on-and-off-and-on tariff threats against the America’s largest trading partners?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
1 Feb. 2025
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All this from a team that, on paper in the preseason, looked wholly uninspiring.—
Brendan Quinn,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspectacular. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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