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
To start the night, the Dallas offense was so unspectacular that the Cowboys’ first points didn’t come until the second quarter.
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Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 29 Sep. 2025
The only reason this grade wasn’t an F was the aforementioned stop after Daniels fumbled at the 1.
Special teams: B
KU’s special teams was fine, but unspectacular, vs. the Bearcats.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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
Solid actuarial tables, a growing sales force, steady but unspectacular expansion was the play.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 29 Sep. 2025
The only reason this grade wasn’t an F was the aforementioned stop after Daniels fumbled at the 1.
Special teams: B
KU’s special teams was fine, but unspectacular, vs. the Bearcats.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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
Solid actuarial tables, a growing sales force, steady but unspectacular expansion was the play.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspectacular
Adjective
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Hoover finished 319 yards on 34-of-50 passing, but his two turnovers were critical mistakes that led to TCU’s slow start in the first half.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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When visiting the exhibit, plan on taking your time to make the most of it, or what the American Federation of Arts calls slow looking.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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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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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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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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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Their build-up play was so slow and uninspiring.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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Even the pro-democracy narrative, which inspired citizens and movements throughout the twentieth century, has become stale and uninspiring.—
NIC CHEESEMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspectacular. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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