unpersuasive
adjective
un·per·sua·sive
ˌən-pər-ˈswā-siv 
-ziv
: not able or tending to persuade : not persuasive
an unpersuasive argument
unpersuasively
adverb
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The administration of former U.S. President George W. Bush tried to discourage drug use by pointing to links between drug trafficking and terrorist financing, but the campaign was unpersuasive.
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Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2018
Quraishi also deemed relevant precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which has jurisdiction over Quraishi and other federal district judges in New Jersey, as unpersuasive considering the realities of contemporary college sports.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Berman’s sweeping claim that the turn to neoliberalism in the 1970s is to blame for Europe’s slow growth, economic dislocations, and rising inequality is equally unpersuasive.
—Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
Abrego Garcia’s family has denied the allegations of ties to MS-13 gang or criminal activity, and the courts have so far found the Trump administration’s claims unpersuasive.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
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Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2018
Quraishi also deemed relevant precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which has jurisdiction over Quraishi and other federal district judges in New Jersey, as unpersuasive considering the realities of contemporary college sports.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Berman’s sweeping claim that the turn to neoliberalism in the 1970s is to blame for Europe’s slow growth, economic dislocations, and rising inequality is equally unpersuasive.
—Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
Abrego Garcia’s family has denied the allegations of ties to MS-13 gang or criminal activity, and the courts have so far found the Trump administration’s claims unpersuasive.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpersuasive. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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