uncharismatic

un·char·is·mat·ic | \ ˌən-ˌker-əz-ˈma-tik

How to pronounce uncharismatic (audio)

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Definition of uncharismatic

: lacking charisma : not charismatic an uncharismatic politician On the stump he is earnestly plodding and uncharismatic.— Dan Goodgame

Examples of uncharismatic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Boredom is a distinctly uncharismatic state of being. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, "What Does Boredom Do to Us—and for Us?," 20 Aug. 2020 Compared with his predecessor, Mr. Mubarak was considered flat and uncharismatic. — BostonGlobe.com, "Hosni Mubarak dies at 91. His autocratic rule of Egypt ended with a citizens’ revolt.," 25 Feb. 2020 Note also that a slew of dull, uncharismatic white male candidates has fared as poorly as Booker, Castro, Harris, Deval Patrick, and Yang: de Blasio, Bennet, Bullock, Delaney, O’Rourke, Sestak, and others. — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "Democrats’ Cannibalistic Ideology," 10 Dec. 2019 As a heroine, Carol is sensationally uncharismatic: thin-voiced, remote, desireless, a stranger to herself. — John Lahr, The New Yorker, "Todd Haynes Rewrites the Hollywood Playbook," 4 Nov. 2019 The speech itself was characteristically uncharismatic. — Madeleine Wattenbarger, The New Republic, "Did the Mexican People Really Win?," 5 July 2019 Making his film debut, Richie Merritt plays Rick as a sullen, evidently stupid and certainly uncharismatic schemer in possession of a modicum of animal cunning and perhaps a hint of personal insight. — John Anderson, WSJ, "‘White Boy Rick’ Review: Trafficking Drugs, Guns and Info," 13 Sep. 2018 Party dissidents and critics say that the uncharismatic Milanese management consultant, who is far from a household name even within Italy, is the bland Big Brother of an Orwellian party that could shake up all of Europe. — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, "The Mystery Man Who Runs Italy’s ‘Five Star’ From the Shadows," 28 Feb. 2018 Poe, Rey and Finn- the new heroes we're supposed to fall in love with - are uncharismatic and bland. — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, "'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' is supersized with space battles and more: Review," 12 Dec. 2017

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“Uncharismatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncharismatic. Accessed 23 Oct. 2020.

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