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Recent Examples of unsensational
But its most striking characteristic, now that the media is completely oversaturated with violent murders and courtroom dramas, is that De Lestrade’s work is so straightforward and unsensational.
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Vogue,
8 June 2018
Robinson, whose credits include The L Word and True Blood, approaches the story in such a low-key, unsensational way that the trio's beyond-bohemian arrangement is barely eyebrow-raising.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
12 Oct. 2017
Vogue,
8 June 2018
Robinson, whose credits include The L Word and True Blood, approaches the story in such a low-key, unsensational way that the trio's beyond-bohemian arrangement is barely eyebrow-raising.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
12 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsensational
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My cocktail, Jesus Can’t Hit a Curveball, was decidedly undramatic in the looks department, but its combination of gin, ginger, celery and serrano peppers was phenomenally vegetal and refreshing.
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My parents, whose reaction to my transition has been blessedly undramatic and kind, have expressed some guilt around this.
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Reliability and consistency were her hallmarks—admirable qualities, but unexciting.
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Dull, unexciting fight scenes; just CGI monsters.
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Bradley checks the solid-but-unspectacular box in most other aspects of his game.
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All that said, there were legitimate moments of glory—like when Tai turned on Scot and Jason—that elevated the proceedings and turned this season into a solid, if unspectacular, entry.
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Alicent additionally promised Rhaenyra that a march to the Red Keep would be uneventful, because Aemond and Vhagar were bound for the front at Harrenhal.
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Tracking performance was similarly uneventful in the best possible way.
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Designer Lauren Saab chooses White Dove for a softness that never feels sterile or flat.
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Talc litigation also shows why juries do not evaluate causation in a sterile scientific vacuum.
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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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The film's trailer looked unoriginal and uninteresting.
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On the other hand, the statement is emblematic of the uninteresting vagueness of Spider-Noir‘s world-building.
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At a time when younger workers are often stereotyped as quick to abandon jobs that feel difficult or unrewarding, Dimon said discomfort is part of the process.
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Cornish-Dale identifies potentially worrisome phenomena, such as a reported decline in sperm counts around the world, and gestures toward genuine feelings of ennui experienced by many young American men, who are stuck in unrewarding jobs, searching for greater meaning in their lives.
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“Unsensational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsensational. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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