unsensational

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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. 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. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsensational
Adjective
  • With a choir and orchestra arranged by Axel Stordahl, the strings swell to heart-leaping proportions, while Sinatra keeps things sedate and sanguine with an undramatic vocal, which drips with a warm camaraderie.
    Emma Madden, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This gave me the naive assumption that an uneventful gestation would be followed by an equally undramatic delivery.
    Brigid Washington, Bon Appétit, 24 June 2024
Adjective
  • While declaring a tie for now is admittedly unexciting, the fact that this race is too close to call from the outset is a good thing.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Theory 2: Bad hires In unexciting coaching carousels, Florida sat on the wrong horses.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Thirteen points from 11 games is a steady, if unspectacular, return for a club that had racked up hauls of 111, 88 and 92 when making history with those three consecutive promotions.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To start the night, the Dallas offense was so unspectacular that the Cowboys’ first points didn’t come until the second quarter.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That triggered a brief and ultimately uneventful clearing of the teams’ dugouts and bullpens.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • While the first drive of the third quarter was uneventful, Young was able to take advantage of a big turnover by the defense on the following series.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Rockets and satellites were historically mostly built in massive, sterile places where engineers in Tyvek suits moved cautiously around intricate components.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Intelligence Profiles That Foster Innovation At GAIME Conference, creativity is the focus, not sterile conference rooms.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Dalton wasn’t helped by an unimaginative game plan from the offensive coaches.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • What exactly was the charm of these books which critics had written off initially as being unimaginative and derivative?
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With both of these cases being largely hollow and uninteresting, even despite the involvement of a traffic-cone-size butt plug, the burden is on Allura’s arc to grip us.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Toxic relationships and love triangles also ranked among the most tiresome or uninteresting tropes for young viewers.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The drama stars Cici Wang as Monkey, a backstage theater worker facing unemployment after years of unrewarding work.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • These plants are often altogether unrewarding for pollinators, since the flowers no longer produce nectar or pollen.
    Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Unsensational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsensational. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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