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Recent Examples of unathletic
No one openly rejoices when an unathletic student fails a fitness test or exits gym dodgeball early.
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Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Monica Barbaro, 'A Complete Unknown' Asking an actress who has never really sung or played guitar to portray folk icon Joan Baez is like asking an unathletic actor to transform into Michael Jordan.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
In a recent interview, Novak recalled how his father, who coached his Little League team, turned an unathletic teammate into a vital part of the team by recognizing his potential.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Read More: Welcome to the Noah Lyles Olympics The small kid from Southlake, Texas, who was so unathletic that he got cut from a fifth-grade track team, has already scaled that 15-m climbing wall faster, during competition, than anyone in history.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Monica Barbaro, 'A Complete Unknown' Asking an actress who has never really sung or played guitar to portray folk icon Joan Baez is like asking an unathletic actor to transform into Michael Jordan.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
In a recent interview, Novak recalled how his father, who coached his Little League team, turned an unathletic teammate into a vital part of the team by recognizing his potential.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Read More: Welcome to the Noah Lyles Olympics The small kid from Southlake, Texas, who was so unathletic that he got cut from a fifth-grade track team, has already scaled that 15-m climbing wall faster, during competition, than anyone in history.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unathletic
Adjective
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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In October, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cristina Miranda found that Conner was mentally unfit to testify in person at trial and allowed the recorded testimony, even though defense attorneys will not be able to cross-examine him in front of the jury.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Scratches above the dead body reach upward, marks that read as feeble attempts to cling to some semblance of life.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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When approached, such a goose might have made a feeble attempt to escape.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Advertisement During a 2023 parole hearing, Rachel reflected on the events leading up to the murder, describing her relationship with Shelia Eddy as intense and unhealthy.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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This is due to the amount of smoke from the fire, causing the air quality to become unhealthy, especially for those with respiratory conditions.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Somatic shaking can look a little different from one person to the next, but usually involves a few minutes of wildly uncoordinated jumping, arm flapping, and foot stomping.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Every one of these new bits of hardware introduced a new set of uncoordinated chatter of alarms that simply produced noise.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Homeroom placement was designated by test scores, and Smith rightly recalled that her homeroom class with Tupac was filled by twenty-eight Black students — and a gawky white kid named William Yates.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Crenshaw made fun of Davidson’s gawky stature and then called for respect for all veterans as well as first responders in the 9/11 attacks — one of whom was Davidson’s father.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bad sesame-ginger dressings are watery, wimpy, oily or syrupy.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The sausage is fine, the muffin is wimpy but fine, the whole thing’s fine.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And yet, within quarter of a century, this ungainly apparatus had established itself as a vital pillar of global governance.—
Time,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But relying on the military to supplant the role traditionally performed by civilian law enforcement entails risks in a region where military institutions and oversight are weaker, armed forces have a legacy of human rights abuses and corruption is a perennial challenge.—
JOSHUA GOODMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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January’s stronger-than-expected total was likely buoyed by some one-time factors (notably, weaker holiday hiring that meant fewer post-holiday layoffs, and unseasonably warm weather in the early part of the month that boosted industries like construction).—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Unathletic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unathletic. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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