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Recent Examples of unpersuasive
Richard Patrick’s score tends toward a thundering intensity the unpersuasive dramatics don’t justify, its bombastic approach extending to no less than three clodhopping rawk tunes under the closing credits.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
But Chen found the government’s arguments unpersuasive and found that numerous derogatory and false comments by Noem — and by Trump — against Venezuelans as criminals show that racial animus was a motivator in ending protections.
—Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Moline’s argument was similarly unpersuasive to Rozen, the former Senate aide.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Berman’s sweeping claim that the turn to neoliberalism in the 1970s is to blame for Europe’s slow growth, economic dislocations, and rising inequality is equally unpersuasive.
—Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
But Chen found the government’s arguments unpersuasive and found that numerous derogatory and false comments by Noem — and by Trump — against Venezuelans as criminals show that racial animus was a motivator in ending protections.
—Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Moline’s argument was similarly unpersuasive to Rozen, the former Senate aide.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Berman’s sweeping claim that the turn to neoliberalism in the 1970s is to blame for Europe’s slow growth, economic dislocations, and rising inequality is equally unpersuasive.
—Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpersuasive
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Exteriors are unconvincing, which undercuts the illusion del Toro is trying to achieve, such that a scene with CG wolves looks too fake to be upsetting.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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The time and date are accurate, and the place, but the rest of it is wholly unconvincing.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Research on whether magnesium from Epsom salt can be absorbed through the skin is limited and inconclusive.—
Mira Miller,
Verywell Health,
18 Sep. 2025
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After an initial blood test was inconclusive, she was rerouted to a hospital, where she was diagnosed with leukemia.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In turn, the Koch brothers supported climate denial think tanks, while Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox News nightly broadcasts worked overtime to convince Americans that both climate change and COVID-19 were hoaxes or that vaccines were ineffective or unsafe.—
Michael E. Mann,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to a report sponsored by AWS, this restrictive approach proved both ineffective and counterproductive.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Christie’s theory of the case isn’t entirely uncompelling.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
29 Mar. 2023
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Those urging the Fed to slow down make four reasonable but uncompelling arguments.—
Jason Furman,
WSJ,
5 Oct. 2022
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These online rumors are hardly new—unfounded claims of European bans on wheeled luggage have been circulating for nearly 10 years.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy is a vaccine skeptic with no medical background, who has promoted a controversial and unfounded theory that links vaccines to autism.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpersuasive. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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