as in commonplace
not very good or clever; not inspired
She gave an uninspired performance. The menu was uninspired.
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Recent Examples of uninspired
Thoughtless, uninspired new apartments and houses are sucking the soul out of our communities.
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
With both wrestlers imminently departing the company, a palpable lack of enthusiasm permeated the match, resulting in a sluggish, uninspired affair.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The designs in Doom: The Dark Ages feel uninspired.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
The play, which opened March 23 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, is a formidable showcase for Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, even if the uninspired production around them leaves much to be desired.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
With both wrestlers imminently departing the company, a palpable lack of enthusiasm permeated the match, resulting in a sluggish, uninspired affair.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The designs in Doom: The Dark Ages feel uninspired.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
The play, which opened March 23 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, is a formidable showcase for Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, even if the uninspired production around them leaves much to be desired.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninspired
Adjective
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Direct trade models that are commonplace in the coffee industry are not so in the tea industry (albeit not unheard of), because of the way the majority of the latter operates through world market auctions and regional export/importers.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But for others, particularly younger Americans, this could be the season of life where receiving wedding invitations is commonplace, and the costs are adding up.—
Nerdwallet,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Robbins was mostly Black, a place built by Black people who were tired of racial conflict in Chicago.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Was Michelle ever tired of using the vibrator all the time in the show?—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Camilla told Newsweek that her husband, Linford, 32, works as a tunnel boring machine operator in London.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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These anything but boring side dishes let the bounty of the season shine in new and exciting ways.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Strict and unimaginative gender norms were alive and well, and Weight Watchers was for the ladies (calories, of course, have no gender.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2025
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These hotels are, at their worst, sites of literal death, and at best, gilded cages for the unimaginative.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Until Black Panther’s record breaking $235 million opening, conventional industry wisdom held that films with predominantly Black casts typically underperform financially overseas.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The conventional non-AI approach is the classic client-therapist relationship.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Take a regular fast-food consumer who eats a typical meal of a burger on an industrial bun, fries and a soda, or a hot dog on industrial bread with chips and soda.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Gaining insights into tariff talks would fall squarely within Beijing's typical spying domains, Gundert said.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Content that sounds good but which is entirely derivative will become very easy to create (and to promote using AI).—
Jim Euchner,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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There are maybe too many moments that feel derivative of The Revenant, and Betty Gilpin could have had more to do.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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That’s not to say there isn’t more cleanup than usual between showings.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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While the set seems a bit on the chintzy side, scenic designer Beowulf Boritt does his usual stellar work, assisted immensely by Ken Billington’s full-of-pizzazz lighting design.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Uninspired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninspired. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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