UNCOMPELLING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

uncompelling

adjective

ˌən-kəm-ˈpe-liŋ

Definition of uncompelling

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 Recent Star Wars offerings, including the Skywalker saga's weak conclusion and uncompelling series, suggest creative fatigue. — Adam Frank, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 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. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026 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

Adjective

Achieving incredible data transmission speed The researcher fabricated the device using a 300-millimeter silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
This year’s incredible class of awardees includes Jason Bolden, Kellon Deryck, Molly Greenwald, Chris Horan, Amy Komorowski, Thuy Nguyen, Law Roach, and Trish Summerville.

— InStyle, InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

Some congressional Democrats were incredulous, saying the email might simply have been deleted and that the firm’s analysis did not explain why or how someone might have manufactured the message.

— New York Times, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
In a true turn of events that would seem almost incredulous in a Hollywood script, the boss of a now defunct production company that specialized in true crime is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of incredulous

Adjective

Friedman began her remarks by reminding the audience of von Furstenberg’s unlikely beginning, born in Brussels to a Holocaust survivor.

— Ariel Bielsky, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
Dahlia Scheindlin, a veteran pollster who works for left-of-center candidates and parties in Israel, speculated that the number of returning overseas voters was unlikely to be big enough to change the outcome of the election.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of unlikely

Adjective

In the New York Times, Brian O’Doherty wrote that the works appeared gloomy and largely unconvincing.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
That some narrative moves are obvious, some unconvincing and some just extraneous does not get in the way of a good time.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of unconvincing

Adjective

The problem has to do with how a set of equations that model the movement of fluids seems to imply solutions with infinite speed, which should be impossible.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Camas coach Matt LeGrand — who's in an impossible position — would not comment on why.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

In a moment when global power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of weird men with a lot of relationship drama, War doesn’t ever seem too implausible.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
In fact, this scenario would have been implausible until the last couple of years.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of implausible

Adjective

One woman who grew up in China during Mao's Cultural Revolution is not only pushing back against her home country's reaction, but also calling out how blatantly ridiculous the situation is.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
The game includes a ridiculous campaign centered around a new Korean civil war.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026