as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
a diet supplement that makes some rather uncompelling health claims
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Recent Examples of uncompelling
Still, though these three actors play multiple roles and their ensemble members get to sink into just one, there’s not an uncompelling performance happening on stage.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
Christie’s theory of the case isn’t entirely uncompelling.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
29 Mar. 2023
Those urging the Fed to slow down make four reasonable but uncompelling arguments.
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Jason Furman,
WSJ,
5 Oct. 2022
Cunningham indicated the desire to prosecute a ban that hasn’t been used in more than half a century betrayed selective — and uncompelling — interest by the defendants.
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Kim Bellware,
Washington Post,
19 Aug. 2022
In our view, the current arguments — that the benefits outweigh the risks — are surprisingly uncompelling.
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Francis S. Collins,
Discover Magazine,
29 Dec. 2019
Couple that with the restaurant desert around the venue (Chipotle and SmashBurger do not qualify as destinations) and the total game experience is uncompelling and rates a 3 on a scale of 10.
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Jay Brinker,
Cincinnati.com,
15 Dec. 2017
Now there's less dead time, fewer uncompelling preseason games and the quality of the regular-season has noticeably suffered.
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Matt Velazquez,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
28 Oct. 2017
The other thing is that the rules of the match, namely, the doors opening and closing in the first cage, make for a completely uncompelling beginning of the match.
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Aaron Oster,
baltimoresun.com,
24 July 2017
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
Christie’s theory of the case isn’t entirely uncompelling.
—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
29 Mar. 2023
Those urging the Fed to slow down make four reasonable but uncompelling arguments.
—
Jason Furman,
WSJ,
5 Oct. 2022
Cunningham indicated the desire to prosecute a ban that hasn’t been used in more than half a century betrayed selective — and uncompelling — interest by the defendants.
—
Kim Bellware,
Washington Post,
19 Aug. 2022
In our view, the current arguments — that the benefits outweigh the risks — are surprisingly uncompelling.
—
Francis S. Collins,
Discover Magazine,
29 Dec. 2019
Couple that with the restaurant desert around the venue (Chipotle and SmashBurger do not qualify as destinations) and the total game experience is uncompelling and rates a 3 on a scale of 10.
—
Jay Brinker,
Cincinnati.com,
15 Dec. 2017
Now there's less dead time, fewer uncompelling preseason games and the quality of the regular-season has noticeably suffered.
—
Matt Velazquez,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
28 Oct. 2017
The other thing is that the rules of the match, namely, the doors opening and closing in the first cage, make for a completely uncompelling beginning of the match.
—
Aaron Oster,
baltimoresun.com,
24 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompelling
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The South American squad secured the $350,000 prize and trophy after an incredible lower bracket run, overcoming an early playoff loss to Paper Rex.
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Instead, Curaçao goalkeeper Eloy Room made an incredible 15 saves and Ecuador walked away with a humbling result against an opponent it was heavily favored to beat.
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On several occasions throughout the game, Lakers players were incredulous after calls – or non-calls – from the crew.
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On several occasions, Lakers players were incredulous after calls — or no-calls — from the crew.
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Hezbollah is unlikely to agree to any plan that would include its disarmament throughout the country.
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Alito also wrote that the argument that Haiti’s TPS designation was terminated because of race, thus violating equal protection claims, was unlikely to succeed.
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Cruise sports a thick Southern accent, a beer belly and thinning white hair (fashioned in an unconvincing combover) to play the oil baron whose company may have set off an ecological disaster that could also spark a nuclear war.
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On the other hand, West Germany had scraped through to the final with some unconvincing performances, including a loss to East Germany earlier in the competition.
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Your energy, self-confidence and competitive spirit are impossible to ignore, making this a powerful time for personal reinvention.
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On Thursday, the University of Kentucky announced a new $1 million prize to anyone able to decipher a complete scroll, a feat the researchers once considered impossible, by June next year.
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That doesn’t make the technology implausible.
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The conditions that once made orbital solar implausible no longer exist.
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That is, on paper anyway, a ridiculous sentence.
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So why not put something ridiculous or funny in the background, even during a scene that’s only there to move the exposition forward?
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Blending historical facts and patriotic myths, the works offer a vibrant, playful and sometimes absurd look at events like the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Washington crossing the Delaware.
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As tensions rise and panic sets in, the sisters are forced into a painful and increasingly absurd fight for survival before the homeowner returns.
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“Uncompelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompelling. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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