unimpressive

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Recent Examples of unimpressive However, Trend Micro received unimpressive scores in recent tests and has dropped some features. PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025 In all, City of Yes is expected to produce 80,000 new units of housing, which might seem unimpressive, given the need. Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025 The unimpressive field might be explained by bad timing. Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025 Of course, such a format could invite a situation where the No. 3 team has an unimpressive 5-3 conference mark. Tom Layberger, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unimpressive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimpressive
Adjective
  • All this from a team that, on paper in the preseason, looked wholly uninspiring.
    Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Dallas owner Jerry Jones doesn’t strike confidence in his fan base, especially with this week’s uninspiring hire of Brian Schottenheimer.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • So starts a fascinating look at the process of trying out for the show, which is centered on a harrowing five-minute audition in front of mostly unemotional producers.
    Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Momeni appeared unemotional as the verdict was read, as did his lead attorney, who joined the hearing via Zoom, the station reported.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Instead, Ram is using the humble 3.6 L Pentastar V6.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
  • By the time Napoleon invaded Egypt, in 1798, Alexandria had become a humble Ottoman port.
    Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The artist himself, however, was rather more unprepossessing.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The bishop has an amiable, unprepossessing manner, with a slight stoop and a twinkly smile.
    Nathaniel Rich Stacy Kranitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Maybe being more dispassionate is one part of the equation.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Policymakers need unbiased and dispassionate analysis from the intelligence community, which in turn has to appreciate and respond to their interests and needs.
    Paul B. Stares, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2020
Adjective
  • So was the win a reminder that occasional flashes of excellence aside, the Islanders are in the midst of a fourth straight mediocre season and in need of a reboot/reload that could be sparked by the trades of impending free agents such as Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri?
    Jerry Beach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The 29-year-old had a mediocre year with Washington in 2023, and he’s bounced between minor league deals since.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Kitamura’s propulsive, emotionless prose gives Intimacies a thriller’s suspense, even when the narrator is buying a used book or waiting in her married boyfriend’s apartment.
    Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The series cited, among other things, Burke's seemingly emotionless demeanor during police questioning, which legal analyst Scott Robinson and the Boulder Police both told PEOPLE was not evidence whatsoever of his guilt.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The decline was sharper than predicted by a Reuters poll of analysts, reversing January’s modest 0.5% increase and marking the first contraction since January 2024.
    John Liu, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Gloria, her shy and soft-spoken best friend, lives with her Ghanaian father in a modest apartment, rarely speaking to a mother who moved to Germany years ago.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Unimpressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimpressive. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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