unpersuasive
adjective
un·per·sua·sive
ˌən-pər-ˈswā-siv 
-ziv
: not able or tending to persuade : not persuasive
an unpersuasive argument
unpersuasively
adverb
Examples of unpersuasive in a Sentence
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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.
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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
Judge Sidney Stein found the argument from Menendez's legal team unpersuasive.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
Such conclusions are not just unpersuasive but troubling for those who believe politicians should support impartial democratic institutions and sustainable gains in public welfare.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
The state lost in June because a majority of the justices—Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the court’s three liberals—found its interpretation of the court’s VRA precedents to be deeply unpersuasive.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
If those numbers seem unpersuasive, Garcia-Hidalgo suggested that observers wait until next year.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and antidemocratic, and no state legislature complied.
—Emma Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
Teaching students to recognize logical fallacies and unpersuasive or manipulative reasoning is the main goal of courses in logic and critical thinking, as well as philosophy more generally.
—Troy Jollimore, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
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
Judge Sidney Stein found the argument from Menendez's legal team unpersuasive.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
Such conclusions are not just unpersuasive but troubling for those who believe politicians should support impartial democratic institutions and sustainable gains in public welfare.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
The state lost in June because a majority of the justices—Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the court’s three liberals—found its interpretation of the court’s VRA precedents to be deeply unpersuasive.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
If those numbers seem unpersuasive, Garcia-Hidalgo suggested that observers wait until next year.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and antidemocratic, and no state legislature complied.
—Emma Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
Teaching students to recognize logical fallacies and unpersuasive or manipulative reasoning is the main goal of courses in logic and critical thinking, as well as philosophy more generally.
—Troy Jollimore, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
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First Known Use
circa 1651, in the meaning defined above
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