unimpressive
Britishadjective
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With roughly 60% of the vote counted, he was running an unimpressive third and hoping a lopsided surge of still-to-be-counted ballots will push him into the top two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
He's a natural wide player but he's dug Celtic's slapstick recruitment out of a hole since Kyogo Furuhashi departed and the club was so unimpressive in trying to replace him.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Some of what has impacted the unimpressive growth of the addressable audience for home entertainment has been the instability of the market.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
Both will have raised more money in this new year, but with Crockett’s late entry and only two weeks to go to primary day, her unimpressive launch can’t help her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Rekh was an unimpressive figure, similar in build and feature to a hundred other men, with a suggestion of paunch and a foot maimed long ago by spilled molten metal.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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