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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
Adjective
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The Bears led 11-0 after a mostly uninspiring first half.—
Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Frei's Mare, an intelligent woman trapped at an uninspiring job, delivers the deadpan, glance-to-the-camera laughs that mockumentaries like this thrive on.—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Farming takes so long and is so boring, some of us said.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Clark County Fire Department said that tunnel boring operations had been temporarily halted at the site pending an ongoing accident investigation.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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After a few speeches, the on-screen timer became monotonous and distracting.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 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
Adjective
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Couldn't think of something more boring and banal and a waste of time.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Couldn’t think of something more boring and banal and a waste of time.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bad salad kits have sloppy cuts of vegetables, meager toppings and oily or single-note dressings that are either too salty or just plain bland.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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PetMD advises a bland, easy-to-digest diet made up of lean proteins such as chicken or turkey, simple carbohydrates like rice or potatoes, and low fat content.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Unexciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexciting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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