unimpressive

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Recent Examples of unimpressive In the past, that would have been an unimpressive level of hiring. Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Mayer was once viewed as a key part of the Red Sox future, but he's been unimpressive the last two years in limited big league opportunities. Ian Miller, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Unsurprisingly, the first benchmarks for the RX 9050 graphics card are unimpressive. Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026 That started with the frontcourt, which had been a revolving door of unimpressive options in Bueckers’ rookie season. Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unimpressive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimpressive
Adjective
  • Wrangle the camera crew, line up the weirdly uninspiring but nonetheless eye-wateringly expensive homes, and for the love of God, somebody give the British TV presenting duo Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp a ring.
    Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Defensive deficiencies The Raiders defense had an uninspiring debut in their preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals.
    Sam Warren, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Pragmatic and unemotional, Jung views every situation as a problem to be resolved.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
  • However, any moments that would be guaranteed to be grim end up being almost benign, as dead bodies are intact, have strangely unemotional, open-eyed faces, and almost seem like mannequins buried under mud and sand.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Adjective
  • View gallery - 11 images The humble shipping container is little more than a basic metal box, but designers and architects never seem to run out of ideas for what to do with it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Top Dog's owner is Dick Portillo, an entrepreneur and former Marine in the Chicago area who came from nothing and poured his family's savings into a humble hot dog stand and turned it into a billion-dollar restaurant empire over his lifetime.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Whether fans end up growing frustrated with integrity issues or not, gambling still threatens to morph devoted fandoms into dispassionate audiences.
    Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Professor Capps, ever the dispassionate intellectual, let the material speak for itself.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Joe was an unprepossessing fellow.
    Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The artist himself, however, was rather more unprepossessing.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Chase's mother, Jennifer Lackard, the former deputy commissioner for wellness in the community affairs division of the Mount Vernon Police Department, stood emotionless in court as she was arraigned on the same charges Tuesday.
    Christina Fan, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • D4vd was seated shackled and emotionless as the photos were shown.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 July 2026
Adjective
  • The Jays will need many moments in the next month to turn this mediocre season into one worth remembering.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The mediocre screen was an unpleasant surprise given that this thing advertised 100 percent sRGB gamut coverage when it was announced and on its product page for many weeks (the Internet Archive captures it here).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Despite this modest tourism boom, the town retains plentiful architectural evidence of its history as a turn-of-the-century manufacturing hub, with an abundance of red-brick and steel edifices lining its streets.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Polo's efficient 133-hp electric motor, and of course, modest driving habits.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Unimpressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimpressive. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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