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not very good or clever; not inspired
She gave an uninspired performance. The menu was uninspired.
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Recent Examples of uninspired
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
The report found many would-be voters for this June 2 primary feel uninformed and uninspired.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
The dialogue in Star Wars films has always been notoriously wooden and uninspired, and The Mandalorian and Grogu is no exception.
—ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
As a mid-season arc for the character of ‘Pedro Pascal’s sultry voice inside a metal bucket’ and his tiny, puppet son, this might have been adequate, if uninspired.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 28 May 2026
The report found many would-be voters for this June 2 primary feel uninformed and uninspired.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
The dialogue in Star Wars films has always been notoriously wooden and uninspired, and The Mandalorian and Grogu is no exception.
—ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
As a mid-season arc for the character of ‘Pedro Pascal’s sultry voice inside a metal bucket’ and his tiny, puppet son, this might have been adequate, if uninspired.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninspired
Adjective
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At the time of the country’s founding, the church was experiencing an ebb tide, as the rejection of organized religion became more commonplace.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Such sleight-of-hand is commonplace for Anderson Studio, which specializes in designing houses that nod to historic styles but are more responsive to their settings and inhabitants than an actual period house might be.—
Fred Albert,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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So tired and anxious and stressed.—
Anna Spoerre,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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Sometimes safe and boring can be a winning strategy.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The cause can be something as simple as a lack of water or more complex, like fungal wilt diseases, tomato wilt viruses, walnut toxicity, or boring insects.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
17 June 2026
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This meant that teams were rewarded more for winning, encouraging imaginative and positive play over unimaginative and negative play aimed at sneaking a win or grinding out a draw.—
Cesar R. Torres,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Neutrals can get boring, but this easy palette reads effortless, not unimaginative.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
4 May 2026
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The screens offer higher frame rates, greater brightness, deeper blacks and superior contrast ratios compared with conventional digital projectors.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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The scan can sometimes detect disease that conventional imaging misses, helping physicians better understand the extent of cancer.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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Activities include vacation standards like pools and a beach club along with less typical offerings like horseback riding on the beach, beach shelling by golf cart, and the resort’s Hawk Walk.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Reporters from England said this is a typical setup for the press covering the England men’s national team.—
Pete Grathoff
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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But before SpaceX goes into those indexes in coming weeks, market forces – amplified by derivative securities based on the stock and maneuvers by big-money investors – could drive the stock price much higher.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Op-eds have painted the president’s reverence for traditional design as mere nostalgia that will lead, inevitably, to pastiche and derivative mimicry while stifling innovation.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Cynthia goes down the list of people Shamea is clashing with and, as usual, all roads lead to Porsha.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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The scramble as the deadline approached was more intense than usual this year because of the state’s new congressional districts, which upended the careers of incumbents and opened opportunities for a slew of other hopefuls.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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“Uninspired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninspired. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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