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Recent Examples of unpersuasive
But Chen found the government’s arguments unpersuasive and found that numerous derogatory and false comments by Noem — and by Trump — against Venezuelans as criminals show that racial animus was a motivator in ending protections.
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Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Moline’s argument was similarly unpersuasive to Rozen, the former Senate aide.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Trump’s claim that investigations of him were conspiratorial deep-state operations was unpersuasive; there were, however, people within the executive branch who saw themselves as trying to stop him.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
His shockingly vile interview with Anderson Cooper, where his brief and unpersuasive show of remorse leads into a diatribe against Johnson, adds fuel to the fire, but Shelly’s sneaky use of a cognitive test to expose his dementia gives her the edge in court.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 2 July 2024
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Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Moline’s argument was similarly unpersuasive to Rozen, the former Senate aide.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Trump’s claim that investigations of him were conspiratorial deep-state operations was unpersuasive; there were, however, people within the executive branch who saw themselves as trying to stop him.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
His shockingly vile interview with Anderson Cooper, where his brief and unpersuasive show of remorse leads into a diatribe against Johnson, adds fuel to the fire, but Shelly’s sneaky use of a cognitive test to expose his dementia gives her the edge in court.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 2 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpersuasive
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In places, Frey adopts a third-person indirect P.O.V., but his attempts to convey characters’ interiority are unconvincing.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
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Which parts feel generic, predictable or unconvincing?—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Trump said Wednesday the intelligence was inconclusive.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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But in the visiting clubhouse, where initial X-rays on Tatis’ hand were inconclusive about the severity of his injury, the Padres didn’t seem ready to turn down the dial.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Now county leaders are making a hard push for solutions, mindful that incarceration is often an ineffective response to broader economic and societal challenges.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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If these thermal management systems are ineffective an electric vehicle could be rendered immobile (or worse) due to the battery overheating.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Christie’s theory of the case isn’t entirely uncompelling.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
29 Mar. 2023
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In our view, the current arguments — that the benefits outweigh the risks — are surprisingly uncompelling.—
Francis S. Collins,
Discover Magazine,
29 Dec. 2019
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This spring, multiple NATO officials told me that any sense of anxiety about America’s contribution to European security was unfounded: after all, nothing has changed in terms of the allocation of hard power.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Rumors about drugging with needles began to swirl following the deadly Astroworld Festival crowd rush back in 2021, though those reports would subsequently prove to be unfounded.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpersuasive. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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