as in grey
not causing people to want to do or create something
an uninspiring public speaker The landscape was dreary and uninspiring.
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Recent Examples of uninspiring
Finally, the 52-year-old Argentine was announced this past Tuesday, just minutes before the men’s national team labored to an uninspiring 1-1 draw in a friendly match against New Zealand in Cincinnati.
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Don Riddell, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
But Trump’s unprecedented rise in popularity, Walker’s uninspiring performance in the first Republican debate and his shifting stances on issues resulted in declining poll support.
—Rachel Hale, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
Fundamentally, South African voters now face a choice between an unsatisfactory status quo and an uninspiring range of alternatives.
—Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2024
Which is why generic and uninspiring job descriptions fail to capture the attention of potential candidates.
—Bob Helbig, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
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Don Riddell, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
But Trump’s unprecedented rise in popularity, Walker’s uninspiring performance in the first Republican debate and his shifting stances on issues resulted in declining poll support.
—Rachel Hale, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
Fundamentally, South African voters now face a choice between an unsatisfactory status quo and an uninspiring range of alternatives.
—Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2024
Which is why generic and uninspiring job descriptions fail to capture the attention of potential candidates.
—Bob Helbig, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninspiring
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This, instead, is a frozen grey winterscape of street shadows and perpetual darkness, with appropriate overtones of psychological horror.The Week UK, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 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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Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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That pallid face hadn’t smelled of evil in the least.Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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What is the most popular color for a house exterior? Among homeowners painting exterior wall colors, Sargsyan shares that the 2024 US Houzz Outdoor Trends Study found neutrals are the top choice, specifically white (23%), gray (19%) and beige (10%).Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Springsteen wore a red and gray flannel coat, dark blue jeans, dark boots, a gray scarf and black Wayfarer sunglasses.Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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One current method used for mosquito control is called the sterile insect technique, which works by releasing many sterile males to mate with females, who tend to mate with only one partner.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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These tests require you to pee into a sterile cup so your healthcare provider can check for protein and waste products in your urine.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
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In the heart of Ethiopia, the arrival of a sprawling industrial park finds a dusty farming town at the new frontier of globalization.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Gold, cream, and dusty rose accents complete the room’s retro look.Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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The three-layer design offers extra protection against spillage, ensuring that all the contents of your toiletry bag stay dry.Catherine Garcia, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
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An officer investigating the crash noted that the weather was cloudy and the road was dry at the time.NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Uninspiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninspiring. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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