as in incredulous
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the excuse for her tardiness was too unconvincing to be accepted
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Recent Examples of unconvincing
Which parts feel generic, predictable or unconvincing?
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Everything goofy and unconvincing about The Accountant is compounded here.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Coaching spells in Italy have strengthened an otherwise unconvincing managerial CV.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Down 11 in the first half and showing no signs of defensive life, Denver eventually pulled itself together, kind of, in an unconvincing 131-126 win over a depleted Lakers squad that was missing its two stars Friday.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Everything goofy and unconvincing about The Accountant is compounded here.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Coaching spells in Italy have strengthened an otherwise unconvincing managerial CV.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Down 11 in the first half and showing no signs of defensive life, Denver eventually pulled itself together, kind of, in an unconvincing 131-126 win over a depleted Lakers squad that was missing its two stars Friday.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconvincing
Adjective
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Jens Stoltenberg, who was then secretary-general, was incredulous.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Researchers have just confirmed what could be the largest leak ever, with an almost incredulous 16 billion login credentials, including passwords, exposed.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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The project follows efforts from fellow emirate Dubai to transform its city into a walkable one, while nearby Saudi Arabia is even more ambitious with its incredible building spree, including the JEC Tower and the Line.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 June 2025
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In the fewer than five years since then, the tracks have collectively moved an incredible five million additional equivalent units.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Households below those thresholds may qualify for the full tax benefit, but are unlikely to buy an expensive enough car to do so, economists said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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De-Lin, a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health, saw some patients who, at 20 weeks of pregnancy, learned that their fetuses had severe anomalies and were unlikely to survive.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Flashbacks, wildly implausible scenarios and expository dialogue abound.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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Additionally, such an extensive cover-up would require the complicity of thousands of people across the political spectrum, including Republicans, journalists, and foreign officials—an implausible scenario.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s the A-list reckless elder, his upstart protegee (Damson Idris) and a high-octane mission that’s damn near impossible, with lots of speedy action intercut with scenes of its alpha male movie star out of his helmet and grinning for fans.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Her latest volume, the National Book Award winner Something About Living, is full of impossible cohesions, offering this straight-on singularity of body and mind to birds, grammars, and architectures.—
Cindy Juyoung Ok
June 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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However, based on the questionable quality of the data, not all experts are convinced that the AI model is accurate.—
Joanna Thompson,
Space.com,
21 June 2025
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However, many travelers don't think twice about buying a cheap charging cable from a questionable vendor at an airport shop or online marketplace, making these cables a more successful point of attack.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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But her physical discomfort, brain fog, and financial stress had made the idea of writing a novel seem ridiculous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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That's already a ridiculous amount of kitchen, but Lifestyle doesn't actually stop there.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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That feeling of surprise, the shock of unbelievable graphics being rendered in real time, stood up for the entire game.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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This still is unbelievable – not that those Braves officials continued their epidemic of team-friendly deals with players, but that neither Acuna nor anybody in his financial orbit could see beyond the present.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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