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Recent Examples of unpersuasive
Cannon dismissed the unanimous Nixon precedent as non-binding, unpersuasive dicta that could be airbrushed out of the Supreme Court’s opinion.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
To that point, Padova has thus far found the NCAA’s legal arguments unpersuasive.
—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
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
To that point, Padova has thus far found the NCAA’s legal arguments unpersuasive.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpersuasive
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Speculation, definitely nothing more than that… Most unconvincing public show of support of the week?—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Woodall’s sleepily chic vibe served him well in One Day but is completely unconvincing when applying that energy to a character supposedly thrilled by math.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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In November 2014 — Hodge was out of prison by then — the results came back: inconclusive.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Muller was considered a suspect early on, but DNA analysis was inconclusive.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, the film hinges on the passionate, lustful romance between Fiennes and Mol, a fire that supposedly burns for over 14 years, but the palpable lack of chemistry between the two leads renders the love story completely ineffective.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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Its origins date back to early practices where warriors demonstrated peaceful intentions by rendering their weapons ineffective.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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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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Given the fact that better returns did not keep Mauricio Pochettino, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte in the job, Postecoglou cannot claim that speculation about his future is unfounded.—
Matt Slater,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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China has said such fears are unfounded and has accused the U.S. of blocking some high-end technology exports to stunt its development.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpersuasive. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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