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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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The camera angles were weird, the teleprompter seemed like it was broken, and sure, a lot of the banter was fun, but the choices for winners were rather straightforward and unexciting.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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His expeditions are, compared to Shackleton’s, unexciting stories.Martin Gutmann, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
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On the football field, Madsen registered a solid if unspectacular season in 2024.Justin Williams, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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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. 35.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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That's not to mention Congress' uneventful 30-minute certification of Trump's victory on Jan. 6 — a striking contrast with the unprecedented political violence of four years ago.Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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If only there was more to say about her otherwise uneventful tenure.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
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How did lush rainforest colonize the sterile land so quickly?Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Carter’s extended time in hospice gave his family the opportunity to prepare for his passing emotionally, cherish precious moments and say their goodbyes without the sterile interruptions of a hospital setting.Stacey Manley, The Mercury News, 4 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.airmail.news, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
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From the interviewer’s perspective, a candidate with no questions can come across as disinterested, unprepared, or—worse—unimaginative.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 9 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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Automation enables human workers to opt out of repetitive tasks that are physically taxing but otherwise unrewarding.Massimo Bizzi, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The 10 wave playlist mode is boring, short and unrewarding.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Unsensational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsensational. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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