persuasive
adjective
able, fitted, or intended to persuade.
unpersuasive
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a word derived from
persuasive.
Example Sentences
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But dismissing the appeal, Lord Justice Edis, sitting with Mr Justice Martin Spencer and Ms Justice Norton, said they concluded it was "ultimately unpersuasive".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
This appeal to the objective personal and social benefits of working, and to a sense of justice, is an attempt to elevate social-welfare debates beyond mathy fiscal arguments voters often find dull and unpersuasive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Others ended in defeat, with judges calling his arguments unpersuasive or “absurd” or, in one case, dismissing them without comment.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025
But the court disagreed, finding unpersuasive the evidence of Golden Rice’s safety presented by government attorneys defending the permit.
From Science Magazine ● May 2, 2024
It was certainly the most unpersuasive voice I ever heard.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by G. W. (George William) Foote
