unsensational

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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. 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
Adjective
  • 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
  • On one hand, this was an extremely unsurprising and undramatic Bachelor franchise finale.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Vodka is all-too-often written off as an unexciting category of spirit.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Producers love an unexciting telecast, but audiences are hungry for the kind of raw emotion and drama that populates the films that win the awards.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • All that said, there were legitimate moments of glory — like when Tai turned on Scot and Jason — that elevated the proceedings and turned this season into a solid, if unspectacular, entry. 36.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
  • His surprising slide was the result of a solid but unspectacular college career, one that never lived up to the hype.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • However, my trip was thankfully uneventful, the only difference being an additional bag check in Mumbai.
    Jasreen Mayal Khanna, AFAR Media, 19 May 2025
  • But the implication is that the journey is picaresque and uneventful.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Recently, 26 previously unknown bacterial species were discovered in NASA clean rooms — some of the most sterile places humanity has built, designed to prevent spacecraft from carrying unwanted microbes to other planetary bodies.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 21 May 2025
  • Of long drives and sterile sheets, trapped in tiny spaces with your thoughts.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • The world of streetwear, expensive sneakers and sweatshirts is an unimaginative and dreary place.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
  • These answers are admittedly unimaginative, as neither of these guys were linked to the Panthers.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The first act is genuinely atrocious, a mess of story threads revolving around an uninteresting villain in the AI Entity that feels far too downbeat and sad for this franchise.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
  • What remains consistent is the splendid topography of Frazier’s prose, and the sense throughout his work that there are, in fact, no uninteresting places, just uninteresting writers.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • But what has emerged is a repetitive, unattractive, and finally unrewarding slog, in which Ducournau’s filmmaking verve itself seems to harden into lifelessness.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • Higher education advisor Dan Ulin of Elite Student Coach in Los Angeles, California says downsides of unrewarding advanced degrees can extend far beyond the potential for long-term student loan debt and being thrust into an industry with limited (or no) growth potential.
    Robert Farrington, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

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“Unsensational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsensational. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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