as in slow
not spectacular or special
The team has had an unspectacular season. The company's stock has shown consistent if unspectacular growth.
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Recent Examples of unspectacular
Solid actuarial tables, a growing sales force, steady but unspectacular expansion was the play.
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Although Hendricks has been unspectacular this season, he’s done well to get through at least five innings while allowing three runs or fewer in most of his starts.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
That solid, if unspectacular, top result reflected the broader trend across this week’s marquee sales: strong demand for blue-chip works, and more cautious interest in younger and mid-career artists.
—Robb Report, 18 May 2025
Why would a team that is trying to squeeze one more run out of the LeBron James/Anthony Davis era move him (along with other assets) to acquire two seemingly unspectacular role players?
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Although Hendricks has been unspectacular this season, he’s done well to get through at least five innings while allowing three runs or fewer in most of his starts.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
That solid, if unspectacular, top result reflected the broader trend across this week’s marquee sales: strong demand for blue-chip works, and more cautious interest in younger and mid-career artists.
—Robb Report, 18 May 2025
Why would a team that is trying to squeeze one more run out of the LeBron James/Anthony Davis era move him (along with other assets) to acquire two seemingly unspectacular role players?
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspectacular
Adjective
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The episodes feel choppy, hardly letting anything land, yet still feeling slow.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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The crowd, quietening into a slow clap with the moment building, burst into a celebration.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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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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
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Justin Wrobleski – the last of eight Dodgers pitchers used in the game – protected this one with an uneventful inning.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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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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
Adjective
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Was that due to playing in an uninspiring situation in Utah or just Father Time?—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Bruins’ uninspiring and slow-starting offense ranks 127th in the nation – despite the addition of high-profile transfer quarterback Nico Iamaleava.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspectacular. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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