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unexciting

adjective
un·​ex·​cit·​ing | \ ˌən-ik-ˈsÄ«-tiÅ‹ How to pronounce unexciting (audio) \

Definition of unexciting

: not exciting : dull, commonplace an unexciting movie/menu an unexciting speaker an unexciting performance

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Other Words from unexciting

unexcitingly adverb

Examples of unexciting in a Sentence

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Surely anyone who does not recall who won last year's NCAA basketball tournament will complain that the film has overly long and largely unexciting basketball sequences. Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Teen Wolf': THR's 1985 Review," 23 Aug. 2019 Arguably the game’s best route runner, and with two straight years of relative good health under his belt, Allen represents a safe, if somewhat unexciting, pick for steady production. Des Bieler, The Denver Post, "The top fantasy football wide receivers to draft in 2019," 12 Aug. 2019 Hunt, who has been culture secretary and health secretary, is considered an experienced, competent minister, but unexciting. Washington Post, "Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt in runoff for UK prime minister," 20 June 2019 Hunt is considered an experienced and competent minister, but unexciting. Jill Lawless, USA TODAY, "UK Prime Minister race down to the final four, and Boris Johnson is the standout leader," 19 June 2019 But the stand caused a stir on social media, with some technology fans mocking the price of what is generally regarded as an unexciting accessory. Amy Woodyatt, CNN, "Apple monitor stand that costs more than an iPhone sparks online uproar," 5 June 2019 That has made some recent Windows 10 updates, including the upcoming May 2019 Update, rather unexciting. Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft adds phone notification support, dictation languages to new Windows 10 Insider build," 26 Apr. 2019 So, the result was a low turnout, unexciting, status quo election. Amy Chance, sacbee, "California Influencers: What did we learn from the June primary election, and why?," 11 June 2018 Ironically, The Windows 10 October 2018 Update was supposed to be a yawner, with unexciting improvements and minor new features. Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft re-releases the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, admitting its testing needs to improve," 13 Nov. 2018

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First Known Use of unexciting

1833, in the meaning defined above

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