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His wife’s refusal to eat, to cook, or to permit meat in her house persists to the point that Mr. Cheong fears she is hampering his unbrilliant career, so he appeals to her family.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2016

It is what lends lure to Robert Dhery's unbrilliant compere patter, appealingness to Pierre Olaf's pranks.

From Time Magazine Archive

He left it for two happy but unbrilliant years at West Point, later spent five years with the late Illustrator N.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

The writing, in general, is dogged, honest and unbrilliant, and to chronicle the Greenland patrol, those qualities are sufficient.

From Time Magazine Archive

I'm honest but haven't proved brilliant, or unbrilliant, so I've got the best of the situation—up to date.

From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy