as in slow
not spectacular or special
The team has had an unspectacular season. The company's stock has shown consistent if unspectacular growth.
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Recent Examples of unspectacular
Heading into Survivor Series, however, WWE’s booking has been unspectacular, and arguably the only truly intriguing match on the card is the WarGames match between the Original Bloodline and the new version of the faction, with CM Punk rounding out the former group’s five-man squad.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Rodgers’s play has been mostly adequate, if unspectacular.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Put this one down as a steady if unspectacular future financial investment.
—Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Bellinger had a solid if unspectacular season after a strong bounce back in 2023.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Rodgers’s play has been mostly adequate, if unspectacular.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Put this one down as a steady if unspectacular future financial investment.
—Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Bellinger had a solid if unspectacular season after a strong bounce back in 2023.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspectacular
Adjective
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Now that era is over, the pendulum is starting a slow swing back toward maximalism.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
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The fires have highlighted the slow disaster of the region’s aridification — and the challenges even the most committed environmentalist politicians face amid climate change.—
Sammy Feldblum,
The Dial,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The woman had already joined Easton on two other ride-alongs, both uneventful.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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This year’s group, including Ziebell, who was 6 for 10 from the floor, 5 for 9 on 3-point shots, are making productive use of their minutes in games like Wednesday night, an otherwise uneventful 81-27 Big East victory over Xavier at the XL Center.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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
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
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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspectacular. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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