stimulating
adjective
causing interest, inspiration, or incitement to action.
unstimulating
-
a word derived from
stimulating.
Example Sentences
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Music that repeats what you know in ever-decreasing derivation, that's unchallenging and unstimulating, deadens our minds, our imagination and our ability to see beyond the hell we find ourselves in.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2013
I found it excruciatingly boring and mentally unstimulating.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2012
Seriousness and persistence earned him a series of solid but unstimulating state jobs, leading, when he was in his 50s, to an appointment as a minister of justice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2010
He believes that a real filibuster—even a visually unstimulating one—could reinforce that perception.
From US News ● Feb. 22, 2010
It inevitably raised his mind above the daily toil, the unstimulating routine of a small town; it gave him a certain outlook upon a wider life, suggesting higher things than had hitherto entered his experience.
From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
