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
So far this year, employers have added a solid but unspectacular 124,000 jobs a month, down from an average 168,000 last year.
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Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Aside from enduring a rare trophy-less season—in which some of its dominant façade has eroded—Real is, quite bluntly, unspectacular.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 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
The numbers suggest Alonso has had a solid yet unspectacular season.
—Will Sammon, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Aside from enduring a rare trophy-less season—in which some of its dominant façade has eroded—Real is, quite bluntly, unspectacular.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 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
The numbers suggest Alonso has had a solid yet unspectacular season.
—Will Sammon, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspectacular
Adjective
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During the prelims in Tokyo, Seville had a concerning slow reaction to the starting gun.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Parisian servers may have an undeserved reputation for being slow, but instead of complaining or searching for faster service elsewhere, settle in with a book or newspaper.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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He was distracted by a looming snowstorm when talked to the founder, James Park, and thought that Park was flat and unexciting.—
Elizabeth MacBride,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Boston’s ongoing inability to capitalize on such opportunities ensured fairly uneventful outcomes, though.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The second inning was wholly uneventful.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 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
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The Bears led 11-0 after a mostly uninspiring first half.—
Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Frei's Mare, an intelligent woman trapped at an uninspiring job, delivers the deadpan, glance-to-the-camera laughs that mockumentaries like this thrive on.—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspectacular. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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