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Recent Examples of unexciting
The downside, of course, is that performance is pretty unexciting.
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ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Trending up – Players under the age of 25 on NBA finals’ teams: Up 2 players from 2024
Small market doesn’t mean unexciting.
—Harry Enten, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Scientists have often regarded calls as unexciting and simple compared with birdsong.
—Sofia Marie Haley, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Producers love an unexciting telecast, but audiences are hungry for the kind of raw emotion and drama that populates the films that win the awards.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Trending up – Players under the age of 25 on NBA finals’ teams: Up 2 players from 2024
Small market doesn’t mean unexciting.
—Harry Enten, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Scientists have often regarded calls as unexciting and simple compared with birdsong.
—Sofia Marie Haley, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Producers love an unexciting telecast, but audiences are hungry for the kind of raw emotion and drama that populates the films that win the awards.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unexciting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexciting
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Getty Images After finishing last year with an uninspiring 36-46 record, the Phoenix Suns traded Kevin Durant and agreed to a buyout with Bradley Beal.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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And if the uninspiring, low-effort play continues into New York’s next game — a road WNBA Finals rematch against the Minnesota Lynx — the scoreboard will look much worse.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
29 July 2025
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The drama stars Cici Wang as Monkey, a backstage theater worker facing unemployment after years of unrewarding work.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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These plants are often altogether unrewarding for pollinators, since the flowers no longer produce nectar or pollen.—
Claire Therese Hemingway,
The Conversation,
18 Aug. 2025
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That, and try to seem as uninteresting as possible.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
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The files, however, were a bust, consisting mostly of uninteresting or already public information.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 July 2025
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Historically, tracking demand for electricity was a boring task marked by little to no change.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Uranus has already been demanding freedom in your day-to-day, pushing you to ditch boring structures.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
31 Aug. 2025
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On the road, the Murano sidesteps the insipid CVT vibe of the past.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Aug. 2025
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Callahan’s baritone is rich and full, but the rest of the instrumentation feels insipid.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 July 2025
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Shrek is in a monotonous lull with his kids, Fiona, Donkey, and even Puss in Boots.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The robots master monotonous, repetitive tasks, bringing speed and unwavering accuracy.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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This discovery becomes a tear in the banal fabric of everyday life, in which Maria reluctantly assumes the triad of caretaker, undertaker and executor – faced with a series of subdued and, at times, perverse bureaucratic exchanges.—
Olivia Bennett,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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In this scenario, the Kremlin could meet a moment where its resistance to the banal inconveniences of reality, and the economic hardship of its own people, turns toxic.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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The new Spot+Scrub Ai is the complete opposite and comparatively bland, thanks to its all-black exterior.—
Tyler Hayes,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Food made by white people is often associated with and critiqued for being bland and unseasoned.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Unexciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexciting. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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