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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.
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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
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
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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
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On one hand, this was an extremely unsurprising and undramatic Bachelor franchise finale.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2024
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Economists were expecting Wednesday’s report to be fairly unexciting, with barely any change from December’s data.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Performance looks unexciting and the range is more like EVs from four years ago, making this more of a city or suburban runaround with commuting capabilities, rather than the car for that family holiday road trip.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
7 Dec. 2024
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According to the Houston Police Department, a man on the flight was acting erratically and... US employers added 143,000 jobs in solid but unspectacular January hiring, jobless rate fell to 4% Robocalls and spam still a scourge.—
The Denver Post,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2025
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The first monthly jobs report of Donald Trump's second presidency points to a solid but unspectacular labor market.—
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8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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However, each gap is filled soon thereafter during the trio’s mostly uneventful travels.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Their minutes were relatively uneventful, with the Maple Leafs holding a slight edge.—
Nick Ashbourne,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is because unlike polished surfaces which can look and feel cold and sterile, these matte finishes add depth and introduce softness into a kitchen.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2025
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Typically, the ambiance is sterile rather than soothing.—
Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Such an unimaginative and bland group of coaches and programs.—
Antonio Morales,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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The book will therefore appear January 14 (following a leak that rocked the publishing world), scarcely a month after Francis’s 88th birthday, under the appropriate if slightly unimaginative title Hope.—
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airmail.news,
11 Jan. 2025
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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 big problem is that social media is unrewarding.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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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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“Unsensational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsensational. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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