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as in uninspiring
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as in unemotional
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as in humble
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Recent Examples of unimpressive
Jefferies’ Simons expects the September employment report to show that employers added 65,000 jobs that month — unimpressive, but up from a meager 22,000 in August.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
But perhaps most striking is how unimpressive Epstein seems.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
The University of Oregon product has made four rather unimpressive starts under center, which has led to many campaigning for Sanders to ultimately supplant him.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The Horned Frogs could’ve taken Utah’s spot on the ballot, but once again, TCU was unimpressive in its win over West Virginia.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
But perhaps most striking is how unimpressive Epstein seems.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
The University of Oregon product has made four rather unimpressive starts under center, which has led to many campaigning for Sanders to ultimately supplant him.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The Horned Frogs could’ve taken Utah’s spot on the ballot, but once again, TCU was unimpressive in its win over West Virginia.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimpressive
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The rest of the potential free-agent group is an uninspiring mix of older players who have been there, done that — some who have done it in Cleveland already — and a few young players who have bounced around the league in recent years.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Lucky for me, even the most uninspiring of days is no match for my trusty all-purpose cleaning routine.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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The reason why is that all of their star players behaved like Aztec alumnus Kawhi Leonard: unemotional, robotic freaks who do not care about anything other than basketball.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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That’s the image projected by Chicago’s pragmatic, unemotional manager, Craig Counsell, who continues to get lustily booed in his hometown.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Oseguera is said to have begun his storied career in humble fashion, as a small-time drug dealer in California.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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In the right hands, even the humblest city EV can become an unhinged, albeit highly entertaining, tire-shredding science experiment.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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Joe was an unprepossessing fellow.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The artist himself, however, was rather more unprepossessing.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2023
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The dispassionate stranger on the phone inquiring how a citizen intended to vote—and why—is one of those institutions.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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An ordinary bettor may be guided by team loyalty, intuition, or emotion—Walters was governed by dispassionate information.—
Dan Piepenbring,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some complained that the show was basic and mediocre and the obsession had gone too far.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Along the same lines, I’d be stunned if the ‘26 Padres beat themselves as often as the mediocre and bad teams do.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Aeryn is introduced as cold and relatively emotionless, while John is the more empathetic and caring of the pair.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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In vacating the life prison term in 2024, Cook County Judge Marc Martin found in part that Modrowski had been unfairly portrayed as emotionless and cold during his 1995 trial and sentencing proceedings when the characteristics were likely due to his autism.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The rooms Son Molí Country House spans 12 acres of land, but is home to a modest 22 rooms and suites, which are dotted between the main building (where the old mill can also be found) and independent plots with their own private gardens or balconies overlooking the pool.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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What started as a fairly modest four-day music festival in 1987, drawing some 700 attendees, has become a ten-day extravaganza of panel presentations featuring celebrities and business leaders, film screenings, technology showcases, and—yes—music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Unimpressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimpressive. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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