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as in uninspiring
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as in unemotional
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as in humble
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Recent Examples of unimpressive
Brazil stuttered in subsequent friendlies, were deeply unimpressive at the Copa America and have only shown fleeting signs of improvement since.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Fast but legal cruising down the autoroute was also unimpressive, slashing range by over 60%.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
In my experience, most of the tools that promise no-effort video editing produce unimpressive, imperfect results.
—PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
The Flyers, amid a fairly tedious and thus far unimpressive rebuild, outworked the Penguins into oblivion from start to finish.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Fast but legal cruising down the autoroute was also unimpressive, slashing range by over 60%.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
In my experience, most of the tools that promise no-effort video editing produce unimpressive, imperfect results.
—PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
The Flyers, amid a fairly tedious and thus far unimpressive rebuild, outworked the Penguins into oblivion from start to finish.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimpressive
Adjective
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To that point in his career, Nesmith had put together an uninspiring two-year run with the Celtics – averaging just 4.2 PPG and shooting just 31.8% from downtown.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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After the thrill of a first Premier League title in 2011-12, Roberto Mancini’s fourth and final season managing Manchester City fell flat, as an uninspiring group of summer additions — including Jack Rodwell, Scott Sinclair and a 31-year-old Maicon — failed to build on the previous year’s success.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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The scientist Hartnett was an unemotional witness called to speak to her professional analysis of the items she was tasked with looking at.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2025
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As the film opens, a matter-of-fact, unemotional voice shares statistics about children living with poverty, parental abuse and alcoholism in the United States, as the numbers flash in simple white text on a black screen.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Improbably located right across the street from their humble abode is the upscale manse inhabited by the Falconers, a rich couple (Katherine Waterson, Chris Klein) who’ve raised only child Tiffany (Fina Strazza) to be a particularly stinging WASP.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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Each pits a young heroine of humble means against the formidable, possibly sinister lady of the estate; this time, that quintessential Nicole Kidman role is played by a serenely terrifying Julianne Moore.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
22 May 2025
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The artist himself, however, was rather more unprepossessing.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2023
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The bishop has an amiable, unprepossessing manner, with a slight stoop and a twinkly smile.—
Nathaniel Rich Stacy Kranitz,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2022
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Given its clever production and Stoltenberg’s consciously dispassionate vocals, Big City Life could easily come across as forbiddingly cool.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
24 May 2025
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Since mainstream media coverage of Trump is so often negative, indeed the adversarial relationship is now established, more dispassionate evaluation becomes highly desirable.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Or perhaps two intense training sessions weekly with perfect recovery outperforms five mediocre workouts.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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So, except for 2019, every full season since 2017 has included one mediocre month.—
Peter O’Malley,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Instead, we've been left with emotionless exchanges that consist of emojis, gifs and short-form abbreviations that replace full sentences and conversational courtesies.—
Dontaira Terrell,
Refinery29,
27 Mar. 2025
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This game is tied – thanks to those emotionless robot umps.—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Those modest contracts won’t affect the Giants’ cap space immediately, since their cap hits fall below the team’s 51 most expensive contracts.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The modest brick home, at just a bit over 1,000 square feet, was where Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, grew up.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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“Unimpressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimpressive. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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