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Recent Examples of unpersuasive
That argument, however, seems unpersuasive because an indictment was filed, albeit one later dismissed as void.
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Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
For the reasons discussed below, defendants' arguments are legally flawed and belied by the record and therefore unpersuasive.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Both Pavia and the NCAA argued to the panel that the appeal was not moot, but Thapar found their arguments unpersuasive and flawed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
So if vague reassurances are so bad, and giving reasons is so good, then why is our world full of so much empty, unpersuasive blather?
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
For the reasons discussed below, defendants' arguments are legally flawed and belied by the record and therefore unpersuasive.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Both Pavia and the NCAA argued to the panel that the appeal was not moot, but Thapar found their arguments unpersuasive and flawed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
So if vague reassurances are so bad, and giving reasons is so good, then why is our world full of so much empty, unpersuasive blather?
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpersuasive
Adjective
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But sometimes Fiedler is downright unconvincing.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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An unconvincing 3-2 victory had the feeling of a miscalculation, especially when Newcastle succumbed late again the following weekend by losing 3-2 at home to Everton.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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The first inconclusive election in February 2025 left the country without a functioning government for much of last year, forcing a second election in December.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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For now, Feaster says, the evidence that Georg Theodor Jacob Müller created some version of a phonograph remains intriguing, inconclusive—and elusive.—
Ron Cowen,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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That review has been a mainstay of America's health system, with the FDA acting as a gatekeeper to protect the public from unsafe or ineffective drugs.—
Daniel Gilbert,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Unions can either be effective or ineffective, and that depends entirely on their members.—
John Vukmirovich,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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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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Those urging the Fed to slow down make four reasonable but uncompelling arguments.—
Jason Furman,
WSJ,
5 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Many Peruvians accuse her of being a bad loser, who for months refused to acknowledge her loss in 2016 and then made unfounded accusations of electoral fraud in 2021.—
Simeon Tegel,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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That is huge considering how badly cyber stocks had sold off earlier in the year on what Jim Cramer said all along were unfounded disruption concerns.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
6 June 2026
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpersuasive. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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