ˌən-ik-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nəl
as in normal
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
the physicist, now regarded as one of the brightest minds in science, was an unexceptional student as a child
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Recent Examples of unexceptional
The movie offers phantasmagorical twists on unexceptional banalities.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Or an unexceptional finance guy who is nevertheless built like a famous Hemsworth brother.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
In a statement on Wednesday, Justice Alito said the call was an unexceptional endorsement of a talented clerk.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Thai immigration officials said visitor numbers from Myanmar were unexceptional.
—Jintamas Saksornchai, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Or an unexceptional finance guy who is nevertheless built like a famous Hemsworth brother.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
In a statement on Wednesday, Justice Alito said the call was an unexceptional endorsement of a talented clerk.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Thai immigration officials said visitor numbers from Myanmar were unexceptional.
—Jintamas Saksornchai, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unexceptional
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexceptional
Adjective
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This means that some particles will decay in the normal world while their counterparts in the mirror would not.—
Zack Savitsky,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
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While the district has enough supply on hand for the nearly 200,000 students who attend district schools, many of those computers are out of warranty and past their normal lifespan, the district’s technology chief told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in an interview last month.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Unlike ordinary memory supplements, Neuriva Memory 3D has clinically tested ingredients to support three dimensions of memory: short-term, long-term and working.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Her exercises, lifted from decades of performance scores, are designed to turn ordinary acts into meditative rituals.—
Ellen O'Connell Whittet
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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This is an excellent day for business and commercial ventures, because your objectives and goals are clearer to you than usual.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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Kennedy, the nurse in San Diego, said the Level 1 trauma center, which is typically packed, has been emptier than usual.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech - 06,
The Hill,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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The ground in south Florida has been, on average, 81.8 per cent full during its six games hosted so far.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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After the regime's move in late 2023 to raise official wages tenfold, the average worker now earns about 30,000 North Korean won—less than $4—per month, analysts say.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Temperatures will be around 87 degrees, which is typical for this time of year in the metro.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
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This training teaches us to be present in the midst of the chaos of a typical day.—
Janice Marturano,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Cross-promotional deals and product tie-ins have become commonplace in the past two decades, and gotten mainstream recognition for movies like Barbie and Wicked.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Over the past few decades, such affective polarization in the U.S. has become commonplace.—
James L. Gibson,
The Conversation,
26 June 2025
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For much of the last four years, that would’ve been an unremarkable sequence.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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And, while that was a first, being a second-generation N.B.A. player is becoming almost unremarkable.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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“Unexceptional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexceptional. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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