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
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
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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In the 29th minute, Argentina sent a pass toward the net, and Messi beat the defense with an incredible first step.
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Cape Verde came astonishingly close to taking defending champions Argentina all the way to penalties, eventually falling to a 3-2 extra-time defeat despite an incredible goal from full-back Sidny Lopes Cabral.
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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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An unlikely combination of right-hander Gavin Hollowell, lefty Caleb Thielbar and right-hander Trent Thornton kept the Padres off the board over the final 2 2/3 innings to keep the game tied for the Cubs’ offense.
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His workload and efficiency have been invaluable, and demoting seems unlikely.
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The German team opened the 2026 tournament with a 7–1 win over debutant Curaçao, but an unconvincing performance in a 2–1 victory over Côte d’Ivoire exposed the team’s shortcomings.
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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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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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These were identified as all that remained of the Jorge IV, which Carrión argued was implausible—a vessel that size would have left hundreds of floating objects.
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This did not strike me as implausible, given what had happened with Broadwater and all I’d learned about the Police Department at the time, not to mention the sheer volume of assailants and assaults back then.
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Houssem Aouar finally spied a gap in the Austrian defence and sent Mahrez through to score, sparking jubilation before Sasa Kalajdzic’s header confirmed a ridiculous ending to a game that was dramatic, bleak and then dramatic again.
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This laptop can absolutely handle a ridiculous number of tabs.
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The 41-year-old is still an elite NBA player, which is still an absurd reality to consider.
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The thesis rests on a claim that would have sounded absurd a year ago.
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“Uncompelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompelling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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