unsensational

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Recent Examples of unsensational But its most striking characteristic, now that the media is completely oversaturated with violent murders and courtroom dramas, is that De Lestrade’s work is so straightforward and unsensational. Vogue, 8 June 2018 Robinson, whose credits include The L Word and True Blood, approaches the story in such a low-key, unsensational way that the trio's beyond-bohemian arrangement is barely eyebrow-raising. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsensational
Adjective
  • With a choir and orchestra arranged by Axel Stordahl, the strings swell to heart-leaping proportions, while Sinatra keeps things sedate and sanguine with an undramatic vocal, which drips with a warm camaraderie.
    Emma Madden, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This gave me the naive assumption that an uneventful gestation would be followed by an equally undramatic delivery.
    Brigid Washington, Bon Appétit, 24 June 2024
Adjective
  • He was distracted by a looming snowstorm when talked to the founder, James Park, and thought that Park was flat and unexciting.
    Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Cleveland didn’t live up to the hype, the ratings were unspectacular and subsequently, they were busted back down to two national appearances the following year.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Shea has proven reliable if unspectacular.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Boston’s ongoing inability to capitalize on such opportunities ensured fairly uneventful outcomes, though.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The second inning was wholly uneventful.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But this more robust communications channel is quite welcome after decades of sterile chatbots and IVR that fail to offer a realistic experience to those trying to reach the top brass of any company anywhere.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The sterile cockpit rule prohibits pilots from engaging in conversations unrelated to operating the aircraft when flying below 10,000 feet.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Sure, last season was punctuated by an intriguing finish, but for the most part, Canales’ offense has felt unimaginative.
    DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
  • An unimaginative offseason and years of poor drafting left had them no choice.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That, and try to seem as uninteresting as possible.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The files, however, were a bust, consisting mostly of uninteresting or already public information.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • The drama stars Cici Wang as Monkey, a backstage theater worker facing unemployment after years of unrewarding work.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • These plants are often altogether unrewarding for pollinators, since the flowers no longer produce nectar or pollen.
    Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Unsensational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsensational. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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