as in slow
not spectacular or special
The team has had an unspectacular season. The company's stock has shown consistent if unspectacular growth.
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Recent Examples of unspectacular
That brought about a couple of playoff berths with solid but unspectacular players like Tyson Chandler, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, and Kirk Hinrich.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Kyle Dubas only touched the fringes of his roster last summer and the moves have been solid albeit unspectacular.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
On the football field, Madsen registered a solid if unspectacular season in 2024.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
All that said, there were legitimate moments of glory — like when Tai turned on Scot and Jason — that elevated the proceedings and turned this season into a solid, if unspectacular, entry.
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—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Kyle Dubas only touched the fringes of his roster last summer and the moves have been solid albeit unspectacular.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
On the football field, Madsen registered a solid if unspectacular season in 2024.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
All that said, there were legitimate moments of glory — like when Tai turned on Scot and Jason — that elevated the proceedings and turned this season into a solid, if unspectacular, entry.
35.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspectacular
Adjective
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The 2024-25 Bruins are slow, short on skill, inconsistent on defense and diminished in net.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Throw in weak stock markets and recent data warning of an economic slowdown, from slower job creation to downbeat snapshot GDP numbers from the Atlanta Fed, and this is no time for a disruptive trade policy.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Economists were expecting Wednesday’s report to be fairly unexciting, with barely any change from December’s data.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Performance looks unexciting and the range is more like EVs from four years ago, making this more of a city or suburban runaround with commuting capabilities, rather than the car for that family holiday road trip.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
7 Dec. 2024
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The 60,000 square feet of space on the fourth floor of the hospital in Hollywood is designed to draw expectant mothers with uneventful deliveries as well as those facing conditions such as preeclampsia, placenta accreta spectrum, and gestational diabetes.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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Kyle Busch's driving in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Clash at Bowman Gray certainly wasn't what anyone would describe as uneventful.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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On one hand, this was an extremely unsurprising and undramatic Bachelor franchise finale.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2024
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Unlike the expressiveness of Blauvelt’s long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt, the visuals here look flat and unimaginative.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Such an unimaginative and bland group of coaches and programs.—
Antonio Morales,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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All this from a team that, on paper in the preseason, looked wholly uninspiring.—
Brendan Quinn,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Dallas owner Jerry Jones doesn’t strike confidence in his fan base, especially with this week’s uninspiring hire of Brian Schottenheimer.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Unspectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspectacular. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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