unpersuasive
adjective
un·per·sua·sive
ˌən-pər-ˈswā-siv 
-ziv
: not able or tending to persuade : not persuasive
an unpersuasive argument
unpersuasively
adverb
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The spark of enthusiasm in this part of the market arrived just in time to absorb another crisis-of-faith moment in the AI infrastructure complex, with Oracle ’s so-so quarter and unpersuasive assurance about the financing of its multi-year AI cloud buildout pressuring the whole group.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
That argument, however, seems unpersuasive because an indictment was filed, albeit one later dismissed as void.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
For the reasons discussed below, defendants' arguments are legally flawed and belied by the record and therefore unpersuasive.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Both Pavia and the NCAA argued to the panel that the appeal was not moot, but Thapar found their arguments unpersuasive and flawed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
That argument, however, seems unpersuasive because an indictment was filed, albeit one later dismissed as void.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
For the reasons discussed below, defendants' arguments are legally flawed and belied by the record and therefore unpersuasive.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Both Pavia and the NCAA argued to the panel that the appeal was not moot, but Thapar found their arguments unpersuasive and flawed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpersuasive. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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