suspenseless

adjective

as in gray

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspenseless
  1. gray
  2. unnewsworthy
  3. uneventful
  4. sterile
  5. boring
  6. inanimate
  7. unimaginative
  8. tedious
Adjective
  • Images on social media showed rescuers pulling the woman from the house, wrapped in a gray blanket.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The 237 rooms and suites are serene, understated, and elegant, with paneled walls in dove gray and pale blue; beige marble and gold bathrooms; and the amenity du jour, pillow menus.
    — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • As journalists opine on every topic, however trivial or traditionally unnewsworthy, the all-knowing chorus of global gossip becomes a roaring mob.
    — Allen Porter, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
Definition of unnewsworthy
Adjective
  • Despite the uneventful surface production, Golden shone in other areas.
    — Brad Evans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The vast majority of those encounters are uneventful, with both humans and sharks continuing on their way.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of uneventful
Adjective
  • Decades ago, the creation and release of sterile flies to interrupt the pest’s breeding cycle was key to driving it out.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Principal Andrew Kearl said work went into making sure the school, which has nearly 1,400 students, felt warm rather than sterile, the way new buildings sometimes can.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of sterile
Adjective
  • Jasmine[‘s character] has a husband, a daughter, a boring life sometimes.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
  • These recipes for muffins, snack mix, energy balls and more are proof that eating better doesn’t have to be boring, regardless of age.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of boring
Adjective
  • Then, in European culture, Christianity appeared, a religion which made an astonishing discovery, namely, that the primary cause for everything—humans, animals, nature, fertility, the inanimate world, the universe, the cosmos—could be concentrated into one single point.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • As a result, the concept of animal rights was non-existent and people were free to treat animals like any other inanimate property.
    — Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
Definition of inanimate
Adjective
  • Spurs kept a clean sheet, an achievement to build on after shipping five in their opening two, and looked solid, if a little unimaginative in midfield.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Some critics described him as unimaginative but capable, and he was criticized for extending the defense of Bakhmut at great human cost.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of unimaginative
Adjective
  • Even advanced hospital systems have had to undergo lengthy, tedious reorganizations to prepare for the technology.
    — Daniel Payne, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The stylistic approach works well enough during the many and extremely bloody action sequences, but eventually proves so relentless and lacking in modulation that the film becomes a grueling and sometimes tedious experience.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tedious
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