unimpressive

/ (ˌʌnɪmˈprɛsɪv) /

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not capable of impressing, esp by size, magnificence, etcan unimpressive performance

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How to use unimpressive in a sentence

He was a relatively unimpressive Republican running against a relatively unimpressive Democrat.
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The first photos from the far side of the Moon are singularly unimpressive to modern eyes.
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They went 13-19, good enough for sixth place in the perennially-unimpressive Big West Conference.
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In person, he is slight of build and unimpressive in the way most action-movie stars are off-screen.
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The headline number continued the recent trend of generally decent but unimpressive growth.
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The writer quoted above does not, and naturally the appeal of the text is artificial and unimpressive to him.
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Barney had a glimpse of an unimpressive green and silver disk, reddish froggy eyes.
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Much that would have been impressive and lucid as Doheny becomes unimpressive and clouded as Doheny-Davis.
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The exterior of the transepts arm is unimpressive and plain; the lower windows are round-arched.
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He had spent an hour or so on an unimpressive case, and it was nearly midnight when he turned south from the frontier of Harlem.
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