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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.
—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.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsensational
Adjective
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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
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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
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Searchlight Pictures These are somewhat unexciting subjects for movies.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Dec. 2025
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At about 3,200 pounds, the Gallardo coupe is more flickable than its weight suggests, with handling that is sure-footed and beautifully neutral, but hardly unexciting.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The team drafted undersized-but-instinctive middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu and signed solid-but-unspectacular veterans, including defensive tackle Chuck Darby and receiver Joe Jurevicius.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Quarterback Carson Beck was solid, yet unspectacular, in the win for Miami.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Now living as Alex Goodwin – a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London – his life is comfortingly uneventful.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 Dec. 2025
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The Aggies and Canes played a scoreless, and mostly uneventful, first half in College Station, Texas.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
20 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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This makes your home feel intentional and personal instead of sterile and unoriginal.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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Many japonica camellias, in the manner of other botanical hybrids, are sterile with their yellow, thread-like stamens and stigmas either absent or invisible.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But the weightless and unimaginative action feels less cinematic than theme park-y, as if the powers that be at Sony had jumped several steps ahead in their efforts to grow this into a global juggernaut franchise.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Dec. 2025
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And the Chiefs instead returned unimaginative upgrades to a tailgating experience that fans have already figured out pretty well on their own.—
Sam McDowell
December 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Toxic relationships and love triangles also ranked among the most tiresome or uninteresting tropes for young viewers.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The drama stars Cici Wang as Monkey, a backstage theater worker facing unemployment after years of unrewarding work.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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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 Jan. 2026.
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