uncharismatic

adjective

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

-ˌka-rəz-

: 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

But the film never achieves the heights of the classic actioners that clearly inspired it, and its overuse of familiar genre tropes (for once, can’t the main villain be uncharismatic, like so many in real life?) soon becomes wearisome. —Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025

Jack Palance, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1974) Best known for his tough-guy roles, Palance makes for a relatively uncharismatic Dracula in this adaptation from Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis. —Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024

Despite being a constant physical presence, her role is to observe and sometimes comment on strange happenings as she and Hellboy are guided through the woods by local ex-soldier Tom (Jefferson White), an equally uncharismatic figure. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024

Then came President Kais Saied, an uncharismatic constitutional lawyer, who was elected in 2019 on a populist anti-corruption platform that played to Tunisians’ post-revolutionary disillusion with political gridlock and economic stagnation. —Ian Bremmer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for uncharismatic

• adiabatic
• aristocratic
• asymptomatic
• axiomatic
• diagrammatic
• diaphragmatic
• electrostatic
• endolymphatic
• epigrammatic
• homeostatic
• idiomatic
• magnetostatic