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Recent Examples of unexciting
At about 3,200 pounds, the Gallardo coupe is more flickable than its weight suggests, with handling that is sure-footed and beautifully neutral, but hardly unexciting.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2025
While declaring a tie for now is admittedly unexciting, the fact that this race is too close to call from the outset is a good thing.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
He was distracted by a looming snowstorm when talked to the founder, James Park, and thought that Park was flat and unexciting.
—Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2025
While declaring a tie for now is admittedly unexciting, the fact that this race is too close to call from the outset is a good thing.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
He was distracted by a looming snowstorm when talked to the founder, James Park, and thought that Park was flat and unexciting.
—Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexciting
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Top-seeded Michigan survived an uninspiring performance to hold off Ohio State 71-67, while fourth-seeded Illinois blew a 15-point lead and faltered down the stretch in a 91-88 overtime loss to Wisconsin.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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When Mao Zedong died, in 1976, his successor as China’s paramount leader, Hua Guofeng, ruled as an uninspiring Maoist, following most of the Great Helmsman’s policies.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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Rather, their work becomes especially exploitative and unrewarding, leaving them prone to disillusionment.—
Adia Harvey Wingfield,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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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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The premise is uninteresting, and, worst of all, the jokes aren’t remotely funny.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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As our Mike Vorkunov already pointed out, the four teams that are pennies above the tax line (Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix and Toronto) are virtually guaranteed to make small deals to get under; these will just be spectacularly uninteresting trades in terms of actual basketball.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The rooms Forget boring beiges and personality-less whites.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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This is a boring line of logic to keep hammering as the season drags on.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Back-to-back insipid losses to Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest, which remain the low points of this campaign, had seen confidence on the terraces drain away.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Even the most insipid formulaic pop nonsense can induce that almost mystical reflection of life if your connections to the time of its airplay are meaningful.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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Loznitsa’s methods are grim and exacting, but the effect is never monotonous; there are shivers of Hitchcockian suspense, plus a whispery cackle of satire that veers toward the Kafkaesque.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Heavily stylized visuals, elaborate practical effects, heightened performances, and precise editing are horror’s lifeblood — and yet that same intensity is often used to dismiss the genre as cheap or banal.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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The over-the-top excess twinned with control may seem appealing in a world where smartphones offer a mindless, constant and banal source of stimulation.—
Jennifer Pollitt,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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From a thriving artisanal craft tradition to a slate of luxury hospitality openings, Mallorca has a lot to offer these days to debunk its onetime reputation as a bland resort outpost.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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The show also features bravura performances from Mark McGrath and Pat O’Brien skewering their bland TV-presenter personas.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Unexciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexciting. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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