unpersuasive
adjective
un·per·sua·sive
ˌən-pər-ˈswā-siv 
-ziv
: not able or tending to persuade : not persuasive
an unpersuasive argument
unpersuasively
adverb
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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
Trump’s claim that investigations of him were conspiratorial deep-state operations was unpersuasive; there were, however, people within the executive branch who saw themselves as trying to stop him.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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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
Trump’s claim that investigations of him were conspiratorial deep-state operations was unpersuasive; there were, however, people within the executive branch who saw themselves as trying to stop him.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Unpersuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpersuasive. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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