as in incredulous
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the excuse for her tardiness was too unconvincing to be accepted
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Recent Examples of unconvincing
But judge Thierry Donard said Depardieu's explanation of events had been unconvincing.
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Juliette Jabkhiro, USA Today, 14 May 2025
The sources Haslam uses to claim otherwise are also unconvincing because not all sources are created equal.
—Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur have played the most minutes in holding midfield but have been unconvincing.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
By contrast, the case they — and by extension Good American Family — build against Natalia is unconvincing.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
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Juliette Jabkhiro, USA Today, 14 May 2025
The sources Haslam uses to claim otherwise are also unconvincing because not all sources are created equal.
—Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur have played the most minutes in holding midfield but have been unconvincing.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
By contrast, the case they — and by extension Good American Family — build against Natalia is unconvincing.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unconvincing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconvincing
Adjective
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After 12 Days Tony Botti, a public information officer for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said during the news conference that officials are incredulous that Slaton was able to travel so far via bicycle and on foot.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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In a TikTok video, the woman shared the shaky video her boyfriend took, receiving over 980,000 views and over 1,600 comments from incredulous TikTokers.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The incredible semblance of natural language fluency exhibited by the computational capabilities of contemporary LLMs seems to be a sure sign that the road ahead must lead to AGI/ASI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The incredible two on the par 5 was just the fourth albatross at the U.S. Open in recorded history and the first since 2012 when Nick Watney made one, according to Justin Ray.—
Troy Finnegan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Again, some of it was unlikely Doobie Brothers stuff, but the band had to think of something to do in Tom’s absence.—
Steve Bloom,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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While the president wants to sign the spending bill into law by July 4, the legislation is unlikely to pass the upper chamber if even a handful of GOP senators vote against it.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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At its conception, his economic agenda was a high wire act with not net – one that mainstream economists from both parties largely found completely implausible.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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This is a blunt tool that risks unintended consequences, like when Meta and Google tried to counteract bias and ended up generating implausible and historically inaccurate images — like Black founding fathers and diverse Nazi soldiers.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime or fight on for the gold.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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Cadence customer MediaTek even said that the M2000 enabled previously impossible simulations for dynamic IR, while customer Supermicro said the M2000 delivered 8x faster thermal simulations for its server designs.—
Anshel Sag,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Technical guardrails help ensure agents stay within scope and flag questionable output for human review.—
Spencer Dorn,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to LA, and, under a questionable legal basis, the Secretary of Defense has put Marines at Camp Pendleton on alert.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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For the purpose of the art of the deal, the threat of a universal tariff, currently at 10% but hypothetically due to rebound to the ridiculous reciprocal rates of 30% or 40% on key allies at the end of the 90-day pause in July, is a compelling one.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Friday night’s outcome came down to two ridiculous shots from distance that got past one of the best goalies in the NWSL.—
Fernando Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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As more time passes, the pop-rock set only continues to prove its unbelievable popularity.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Following the impressive Canada win, Mexico then defeated Panama 2-1, again thanks to a brace by Jimenez, who was in unbelievable form at the time.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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“Unconvincing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconvincing. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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