unexciting

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Recent Examples of unexciting This past offseason started hot and then slowly cooled into a generally unexciting paste. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026 Searchlight Pictures These are somewhat unexciting subjects for movies. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Dec. 2025 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 While declaring a tie for now is admittedly unexciting, the fact that this race is too close to call from the outset is a good thing. PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unexciting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexciting
Adjective
  • So while the Oilers managed to make the playoffs — which wasn’t always assured — their stay was ultimately too short and too uninspiring to earn Knoblauch another season in charge.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • The article argues that despite media dismissals of the race as dull and uninspiring, California’s gubernatorial contest represents the most compelling campaign in decades with substantive competition and well-qualified candidates with solid political experience and accomplishments.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Adjective
  • The younger generation of poets may view with pleasure Mr. Spicer’s execution of what seems to me a difficult and unrewarding task.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Rather, their work becomes especially exploitative and unrewarding, leaving them prone to disillusionment.
    Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The premise is uninteresting, and, worst of all, the jokes aren’t remotely funny.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As our Mike Vorkunov already pointed out, the four teams that are pennies above the tax line (Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix and Toronto) are virtually guaranteed to make small deals to get under; these will just be spectacularly uninteresting trades in terms of actual basketball.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Moreover, the subject is weedy and boring.
    George Skelton, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
  • In comic book canon, Clark's earlier years are actually pretty boring!
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • More boos followed after the final whistle with Slot’s side serving up another insipid home performance.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Excusing them as means to achieve preferred policy outcomes is beyond insipid.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • His hope is a life that resonates with authentic emotion and not monotonous conformism.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Her set was a triumph, in part because her energetic delivery injected life into the proceedings after the show had slipped into a monotonous rhythm halfway through its bloated, nearly three-hour runtime.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 May 2026
Adjective
  • Perhaps, but Alonso’s attentive gaze reworks the meaning of excitement such that a banal exchange with the nearby farmhand, and a drive into the nearby village, provide minor thrills — that is, if you’re properly settled onto Alonso’s serenely sluggish wavelength.
    Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • This season, they’re being shown turning to OnlyFans to do the banal, but crucial, thing of putting money in their pockets.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • Although delightfully sweet and fragrant when fresh, baked strawberries have a tendency to become watery and bland.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • Unlike Mario's revolutionary outing on the N64 with Mario 64, Yoshi's turn on that system was underwhelming at best, with unfocused and bland platforming.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026

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“Unexciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexciting. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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