compelling
adjective
tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering.
uncompelling
-
a word derived from
compelling.
Example Sentences
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The central mystery is flabby and uncompelling and it feels obligatory at best, a real-estate scandal offering a loose background in front of which these actors play.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
Amid mounting criticism of an uncompelling exhibition-season product with sparsely attended stadiums and star players being withheld from games to avoid injury, there is increasing conviction within the NFL to shorten the preseason.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2019
Similarly, another recent YouTube partnership, the Dangerous Woman Tour Diaries, was uncompelling, Grande’s presence unfocused in the meandering, PR-drawn definition of “documentary”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2018
The problem is that the production, based on a more conventional one that Mr. Spacey performed at the Old Vic in London in 2014 and 2015, is itself uncompelling.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2017
The simple fact is that The Slap is entirely uncompelling as a legal drama, because the stakes are hilariously low, and the characters are monstrously unlikeable.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2015
