as in uninspiring
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Recent Examples of unexciting
Yet the performance on Friday tended bland: lovely and unexciting.
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Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
He’s been with the A’s since Jed Lowrie led the team in WAR (2017), and he’s developed into a reliable if unexciting innings eater for a team that’s really needed one over the last two seasons.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
David, a husband and father, holds down an unexciting but lucrative tech job.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
The variety and talk spaces are, to put it frankly, some of the most stale and unexciting parts of the TV landscape.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
He’s been with the A’s since Jed Lowrie led the team in WAR (2017), and he’s developed into a reliable if unexciting innings eater for a team that’s really needed one over the last two seasons.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
David, a husband and father, holds down an unexciting but lucrative tech job.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
The variety and talk spaces are, to put it frankly, some of the most stale and unexciting parts of the TV landscape.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexciting
Adjective
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That’s an uninspiring list; none of those players are legitimate options in a championship-level rotation.—
Jovan Buha,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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After two strong years in 2023 and 2024, risk increases for an uninspiring 2025.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In many of the cases, the endings with Heat leading men have been awkward and, at least initially, unrewarding.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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Automation enables human workers to opt out of repetitive tasks that are physically taxing but otherwise unrewarding.—
Massimo Bizzi,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Manager Gareth Southgate has been under pressure for the English being defensive and mostly uninteresting to watch, but the results have been good enough.—
Dan Santaromita,
The Athletic,
10 July 2024
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The path that was designed for her was uninteresting to her.—
Adam Moss,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2024
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The entire family is outraged, but Peter insists that the film is slow, boring and essentially, overrated.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Recently, Jennifer Lopez has been a big fan of natural manicures, which are anything but boring.—
Lea Hüttinger,
Glamour,
20 Jan. 2025
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At the far extreme, there is the insipid libertarianism of Ron Paul, the former Texas representative, who has claimed that Marine detachments guarding U.S. embassies count as examples of military overstretch.—
Bret Stephens,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Feb. 2013
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The blandly positive lyrics seemed even more insipid amid all the bedroom jams.—
Eric Webb,
Austin American-Statesman,
1 June 2024
Adjective
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Experts say that a monotonous schedule can help reduce decision fatigue, but there are downsides.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
24 Jan. 2025
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The copious amounts of sunlight in the film can make for a monotonous sameness, and for all her efforts to seem cool, Dynevor’s stoicism falls flat against that backdrop.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Creators on TikTok describe their experience with comments on Reels as banal at best, and straight-up mean at worst.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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Goodman’s animated narration is paired with evocative music and soundscapes that enliven descriptions of modest homesteads; with these flourishes, information as seemingly banal as the evolution of dishwashing becomes mesmerizing.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Compelling subject matter only goes so far when presented in such a bland, familiar manner.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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The team initially struggled, and so did Saleh’s defense, which in 2018 was criticized for being too bland and at times too discombobulated.—
Matt Barrows,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Unexciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexciting. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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