as in neutral
showing little or no interest or enthusiasm
my suggestion that we go to see the new action flick was greeted with an unenthusiastic shrug
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Recent Examples of unenthusiastic
Some advocacy groups are unenthusiastic.
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Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
Cracker Barrel statement doesn't satisfy naysayers Reactions to the announcement were largely unenthusiastic, with many fans accusing the chain of ignoring their concerns and calling for a return to the old brand design.
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Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
There's only so much one can glean from the preseason, but performance reviews for Maye have been unenthusiastic at best.
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Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
And yet many people were unenthusiastic about the economy as a whole.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unenthusiastic
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
Cracker Barrel statement doesn't satisfy naysayers Reactions to the announcement were largely unenthusiastic, with many fans accusing the chain of ignoring their concerns and calling for a return to the old brand design.
—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
There's only so much one can glean from the preseason, but performance reviews for Maye have been unenthusiastic at best.
—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
And yet many people were unenthusiastic about the economy as a whole.
—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unenthusiastic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenthusiastic
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The electric blue shade adds such a fun pop of color to a summer wardrobe, instantly brightening up basics like white jeans, denim shorts, or neutral trousers.
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And perhaps most importantly, hempcrete can be carbon neutral or even carbon negative, depending on its composition.
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Rotten Tomatoes Reception to Netflix’s rendition of The Last Airbender has always been tepid.
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The film’s reviews range from negative to tepid praise (averaging a 58 percent Rotten Tomatoes score).
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In a game that Switzerland dominated for the majority of the time, only some halfhearted chants by the Swiss superfans in the second deck cut through.
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And those problems are magnified in the slack middle section of this 160-minute film, as the hunters make discoveries of their own in the forest, unnecessary subplots and aliens multiply, and there are some halfhearted attempts at giving them a thin backstory.
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Tracking services told Deadline as summer kicked off that Supergirl, along with Amazon MGM Studios’ bomb Masters of the Universe and Universal/Amblin’s Disclosure Day, were key event films that were extremely lukewarm in their word of mouth.
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If stains remain, mix a solution of lukewarm water and oxygen bleach powder following the label directions.
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“Unenthusiastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenthusiastic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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