unpersuasive
adjective
un·per·sua·sive
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Definition of unpersuasive
: not able or tending to persuade : not persuasive
an unpersuasive argument
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If that possibility is unpersuasive, there’s also a risk to the U.S.: Regional turmoil is enlarging the trickle of refugees from Congo showing up at the southern border. — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, "Other voices: Congo’s ebola outbreak isn’t just Congo’s problem," 8 Aug. 2019 The latter justification is unpersuasive, given that Obama himself initially sought to negotiate an extension of the SOFA, the same course of action the Bush administration had always envisioned. — Hal Brands, National Review, "Lessons from the Iraq War," 20 June 2019 That argument proved unpersuasive to Republicans who control both houses of the Legislature. — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "Legislative session provided San Antonio some big wins," 7 June 2019 The scene in which the new council chooses Bran as king was an appallingly flat and unpersuasive way to bring to a conclusion the show's otherwise very sophisticated ongoing engagement with politics and power. — Daniel Mendelsohn, Town & Country, "Even Classicists Hated the Game of Thrones Finale," 20 May 2019 The New Yorker story that followed was dramatic but unpersuasive, a hand grenade whose pin could not be pulled. — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, "Voices of Reason—and Unreason," 11 Oct. 2018 At the same time, there is a history of lawsuits that most legal experts thought were unpersuasive nonetheless putting ACA in mortal danger — first the lawsuit against the individual mandate and then the challenge to insurance subsidies. — Sarah Kliff, Vox, "Federal court rules Obamacare unconstitutional — but the law stands for now," 15 Dec. 2018 His contrived two-step is unpersuasive and untenable. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "The U.S. ambassador in Germany flies the Trumpist flag," 5 June 2018 An unpersuasive lawsuit was his only non-embarrassing way forward given his own and his president’s statements. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "On Big Media, the Court Speaks," 12 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unpersuasive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unpersuasive
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of unpersuasive
: not able to make you agree that something is true, real, or acceptable : not persuasive
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