as in unconvincing
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Recent Examples of unpersuasive
To that point, Padova has thus far found the NCAA’s legal arguments unpersuasive.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 July 2024
Lefkow found many of the defendants’ assertions unpersuasive.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2024
Instead, TikTok paid lip service to transparency by embarking on Project Texas, an unpersuasive project meant to assuage fears about Chinese spying by moving TikTok’s U.S. user data to data servers owned by the American company Oracle.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The argument made by Paramount’s lawyers — that the monopoly existed only in the DOJ’s mind — proved unpersuasive.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 July 2024
Lefkow found many of the defendants’ assertions unpersuasive.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2024
Instead, TikTok paid lip service to transparency by embarking on Project Texas, an unpersuasive project meant to assuage fears about Chinese spying by moving TikTok’s U.S. user data to data servers owned by the American company Oracle.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The argument made by Paramount’s lawyers — that the monopoly existed only in the DOJ’s mind — proved unpersuasive.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unpersuasive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpersuasive
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Also not helping matters: a shout-y performance from Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover and unconvincing old-age makeup that becomes a constant distraction in scenes set later in Hoover’s life.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The wrap-up, on the other hand, is unconvincing and weak, an act of narrative laziness that—ironically, given Catherine’s history—borders on deceit.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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The health effects of gender-affirming care are inconclusive.Ge Bai, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The findings are inconclusive; Robbie’s teeth seem bigger and whiter, but she’s had the same small knick in one lateral incisor since early adulthood.Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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But, early on in Game Five, Flaherty was ineffective, New York went ahead by five runs, and Yankee Stadium emanated good cheer.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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But the reality is that if top leadership isn’t aligned, any attempts at transformation further down the line will be ineffective.Carlos Hoyos, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Christie’s theory of the case isn’t entirely uncompelling.Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
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In our view, the current arguments — that the benefits outweigh the risks — are surprisingly uncompelling.Francis S. Collins, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2019
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Yet that hasn’t stopped Trump and some of his most high-profile supporters from making unfounded claims that noncitizens are registering and voting in large numbers this year.Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s messaging could circulate in a political climate where election deniers have spread unfounded conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud.Barbara Rodriguez, Terri Rupar, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpersuasive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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