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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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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
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Theory 2: Bad hires In unexciting coaching carousels, Florida sat on the wrong horses.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And, actually, this is quite a big thing, even without the schadenfreude of domestic rivals’ slip-ups or the fact that much of United’s match was, football-wise, very unspectacular.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cleveland didn’t live up to the hype, the ratings were unspectacular and subsequently, they were busted back down to two national appearances the following year.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Otherwise, the return to land was relatively uneventful, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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The first period was scoreless and uneventful, with the B’s outshooting the Flyers 5-3, thanks in part to the lone power play of the period.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Easy Spaces for Gathering Plenty of pattern and texture prevent the mostly white kitchen from feeling cold or sterile.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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While locations like a solar panel farm in the Australian outback fit the bill for near-future ground war, the result mostly feels sterile, amounting to a bunch of empty pathways bathed in stark daylight.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sure, last season was punctuated by an intriguing finish, but for the most part, Canales’ offense has felt unimaginative.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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An unimaginative offseason and years of poor drafting left had them no choice.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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Saddled with an uninteresting jerk half the time and a muzzled non-entity the other half, there’s only a handful of moments in the first six episodes where Powell’s star power shines through.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Sep. 2025
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Eventually the road emerges into what seems like an uninteresting parking lot with a public restroom.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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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 15 Oct. 2025.
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