as in neutral
showing little or no interest or enthusiasm
my suggestion that we go to see the new action flick was greeted with an unenthusiastic shrug
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Recent Examples of unenthusiastic
The Kremlin is unenthusiastic about President Donald Trump’s proposal for the Vatican to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 May 2025
The city Development Services Department and Traffic Engineering Division of the Transportation Department have seemed unenthusiastic about the proposal, Gantzel said.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
Even an unenthusiastic attempt at mediation proved remarkably effective.
—Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025
That first orgasm, a brittle, unenthusiastic moan rippling as the A24 logo fills the screen, isn’t so much experienced as performed.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 May 2025
The city Development Services Department and Traffic Engineering Division of the Transportation Department have seemed unenthusiastic about the proposal, Gantzel said.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
Even an unenthusiastic attempt at mediation proved remarkably effective.
—Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025
That first orgasm, a brittle, unenthusiastic moan rippling as the A24 logo fills the screen, isn’t so much experienced as performed.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenthusiastic
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The clash of views and the depth of the politics involved was further underlined by Ayoub Khan, a member of parliament for the Birmingham Perry Barr constituency, signing a petition calling for the game to be called off, staged in a neutral country or held without an away crowd.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Successful sea trial Nearly massless and electrically neutral, neutrinos are born in violent events like nuclear reactions inside stars.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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After his umpteenth comeback, director Robert Altman almost immediately ruined his career again with this tepid, unwieldy multicharacter satire of the fashion world.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Growth in exports helped China offset drags on domestic growth such as the ongoing real estate slump and tepid consumer spending.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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At times, Beijing has taken harsh measures toward North Korea—including temporarily suspending oil shipments, restricting Chinese tourism, and applying financial sanctions to the North—although such efforts have typically been short-lived and halfhearted.—
SHUXIAN LUO,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2025
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Suitable for ice water only—not tap, not lukewarm, for god’s sake not lemonade—which are all too pedestrian for its craftsmanship.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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Like the third lukewarm coffee of an afternoon — the taste is just there, just beyond reach.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Unenthusiastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenthusiastic. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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