as in commonplace
not very good or clever; not inspired
She gave an uninspired performance. The menu was uninspired.
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Recent Examples of uninspired
Many workers feel disconnected and uninspired, having sacrificed flexibility without gaining inclusion.
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Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Steve Clarke has moved to a back-four system after Scotland’s uninspired performances in Euro 2024, and used a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 shape in the World Cup qualifiers.
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Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Churning out lazy, uninspired movies no longer works, even if they're attached to a previously important brand name.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Dolan earned his reputation with a mix of poor team performance, uninspired front office hiring, and a reputation as a thin-skinned dictator, including banning former player Charles Oakley from Madison Square Garden and using facial recognition technology to monitor fans.
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Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Steve Clarke has moved to a back-four system after Scotland’s uninspired performances in Euro 2024, and used a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 shape in the World Cup qualifiers.
—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Churning out lazy, uninspired movies no longer works, even if they're attached to a previously important brand name.
—
Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Dolan earned his reputation with a mix of poor team performance, uninspired front office hiring, and a reputation as a thin-skinned dictator, including banning former player Charles Oakley from Madison Square Garden and using facial recognition technology to monitor fans.
—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninspired
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The Heat also has the ability to purchase an additional second-round pick or sell its second-round selection, which has become commonplace over the years.
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Rather than being exceptions, such landmarks are commonplace in Cambridge.
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Hollywood Plot Lines and Reality These are the tired questions every UFO skeptic asks.
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If your complexion tends to look flat or tired by midday, this powder can help bring back some radiance.
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Sustainable growth feels boring from the inside.
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The point is to make the boring stuff feel like a hangout, not to build a productivity system.
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This is a competent if unimaginative (it was made for Lifetime, after all) retelling of the real-life tale.
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Despite its expense and hard-working cast, its extensive, expensive and eye-filling special effects, and an effective but ear-splitting score by Jerry Goldsmith, the film remains surprisingly small, thanks to David Odell’s unimaginative, earthbound screenplay.
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But Lohar isn’t interested in conventional battle.
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Developed in partnership with the University of Bremen, the wheels were originally heavier and narrower than comparable conventional pneumatic wheels.
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The researchers said a household needs an income of roughly $120,000 to afford a typical home these days.
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Quantum computing can boost capacity beyond that of a typical computer.
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That’s like a derivative content conversation.
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According to the agency, the Dodd-Frank Act, a 2010 law passed in the wake of the housing crash to tighten financial oversight, expanded its authority by giving it control over swaps, a type of derivative contract.
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And because of the extreme concentration of wealth, the market’s rally is much more significant to the economy than usual — for good and bad.
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In fact, Iran has no intention of going back to business as usual in the strait, Noam Raydan, senior fellow at the Washington Institute think tank, wrote in a blog post on Friday.
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