as in commonplace
not very good or clever; not inspired
She gave an uninspired performance. The menu was uninspired.
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Recent Examples of uninspired
Stade was uninspired about the idea of four more years of Biden as president, too, but was pleased when Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him on the Democratic ticket.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024
Stade was uninspired about the idea of four more years of Biden as president and was pleased when Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him on the ticket.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
Aspirational settings and complicated father-son narratives are hardly scarce in pop culture, but in a series that covers less thematic ground, these parallels might register as uninspired.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
Under the uninspired leadership of the Castros’ successor, Miguel Díaz-Canel, a sixty-four-year-old Communist Party official, the island has suffered a precipitous economic decline.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024
Stade was uninspired about the idea of four more years of Biden as president and was pleased when Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him on the ticket.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
Aspirational settings and complicated father-son narratives are hardly scarce in pop culture, but in a series that covers less thematic ground, these parallels might register as uninspired.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
Under the uninspired leadership of the Castros’ successor, Miguel Díaz-Canel, a sixty-four-year-old Communist Party official, the island has suffered a precipitous economic decline.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninspired
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This fork design was commonplace on pre-1930s bikes.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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This list would have likely been much longer if Pryor’s collegiate career had not been cut short due to NCAA rule violations (over conduct that is now commonplace in the NCAA).Joe Sabin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In difficult listening situations, participants described feeling physically and mentally tired.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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But towards the end of the day, when everyone is sufficiently tired out, Webb says there's nothing better than sitting down and winding down together.Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Most of this long flashback segment is pretty boring, though.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Toyota and Honda have at times been called boring: Honda by its own engineers, Toyota more famously by a chairman descended from the company’s founder.Robert Ferris, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes, the genre becomes an excuse for amateurish or unimaginative filmmaking.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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At the same time, consumers are pushing back on poor quality and unimaginative fast fashion by thrifting, which has never been more popular.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Drone fleets are impractical if not impossible to shoot down with conventional projectiles.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps not coincidentally, by the time the first season ended, Tulsa King had become less of a lighthearted dramedy — about an old-fashioned New York crime boss way out of his element — and more of a conventional crime drama with betrayals, gunfights, and brooding regrets.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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There are still a few typical Grammy picks (congrats, Common & Pete Rock), but overall, the rap field hasn’t looked this fresh in years.Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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According to Goldy, a manager dressed in a floor-length silver-gray pleather gown, a typical selection at W Salon is at least $2,000.Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
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The previous-generation’s platform and engines are still there, though somewhat modified, and styling changes are subtle rather than derivative.Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
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In synthetic ETFs, the price moves in tandem with the derivative instrument's price rather than the sport price but converges on the spot price as the option settlement date approaches.Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Sky noted that the prince seemed more relaxed than usual at his Earthshot Prize.Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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This app is by no means intended to replace your usual antivirus.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Uninspired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninspired. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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