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词汇 uninspiring
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Definition of uninspiring in English:

uninspiring

adjectiveʌnɪnˈspʌɪərɪŋˌənənˈspaɪ(ə)rɪŋ
  • Not producing excitement or interest.

    引不起兴趣的;无法令人兴奋的

    an uninspiring game that United scarcely deserved to win

    一场联队本不该赢的乏味比赛。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Or why not just smudge the black and white together to create a faintly uninspiring shade of grey?
    • Even their more normal-sized vehicles are uninspiring and dull.
    • I should probably try on more items in the fitting room, because even my favourite items of clothing can look uninspiring on the hanger.
    • The sort of place they envisage Bradford becoming is clearly a far cry from the rather uninspiring face it currently presents to the world.
    • As expected, tonight looks like an extremely interesting end to a particularly uninspiring campaign.
    • The interior of East Buckley High was just as uninspiring and grey as the exterior, but in the October chill, at least it was halfway warm.
    • The first few songs are bland and uninspiring public space music.
    • Some may feel that they lack spontaneity and creativity and thus perceive them as boring and uninspiring.
    • It was bland and uninspiring - and, we suspected, possibly cooked from frozen rather than being fresh.
    • How did a country with such intelligent, inventive and generous constituents end up with such uninspiring politicians?
    • The game then deteriorated into an error-strewn and uninspiring midfield battle.
    • During the afternoon and evening I spent much time contemplating the uninspiring square patch of rough grass that is to be our new garden.
    • A lot of people tend to choose their moves based on the course they wish to study or a job they need to take and end up in some very uninspiring places of the UK but not me.
    • More dull, bland, insipid and uninspiring commercial radio is on its way!
    • The dialogue they pass between them is flat and uninspiring.
    • Too many school buildings have been dull, uninspiring and institutional.
    • Today is Easter Day and what an uninspiring day it is here in a dull Northern English town - and I don't just mean the weather.
    • It's better to have loved and lost than to be in a lacklustre and uninspiring relationship for the rest of your life.
    • The first walk has a few small hills, the second walk is largely flat, but on a shabby wintery day was a bit dull and uninspiring.
    • At the moment the area is gloomy and uninspiring, with grey concrete walls and floor.
    Synonyms
    boring, dull, dreary, drab, unexciting, unstimulating
    dry, insipid, colourless, grey, bland, anaemic, watery, tame, flat, lifeless, lacklustre, tedious, vapid, humdrum, run of the mill, unromantic, jejune, dull as ditchwater, as dry as dust

Derivatives

  • uninspiringly

  • adverb
    • He, meanwhile, was doing his world famous impersonation of a lamp post - and very good he is at it, too - standing tall, if uninspiringly, on the baseline and whacking the ball back and forth with metronomic regularity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are, to all appearances, uninspiringly decent, law-abiding individuals whose only excess is to bawl silly chants into the BBC's ever-live microphones.
      • The replacement of News After Noon with the uninspiringly named One O'Clock News in October 1986 led again to a unique image for the programme.
      • She proceeded, uninspiringly: ‘I've been working in this area a long time…'
      • Slicing its way across the deep urban block, the narrow lane - uninspiringly christened Plantation Lane - links the more deliciously named Rood and Mincing lanes at either end.

Rhymes

firing, retiring, untiring, wiring

Definition of uninspiring in US English:

uninspiring

adjectiveˌənənˈspaɪ(ə)rɪŋˌənənˈspī(ə)riNG
  • Not producing excitement or interest.

    引不起兴趣的;无法令人兴奋的

    an uninspiring game that Chicago scarcely deserved to win

    一场联队本不该赢的乏味比赛。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sort of place they envisage Bradford becoming is clearly a far cry from the rather uninspiring face it currently presents to the world.
    • A lot of people tend to choose their moves based on the course they wish to study or a job they need to take and end up in some very uninspiring places of the UK but not me.
    • The first walk has a few small hills, the second walk is largely flat, but on a shabby wintery day was a bit dull and uninspiring.
    • How did a country with such intelligent, inventive and generous constituents end up with such uninspiring politicians?
    • Some may feel that they lack spontaneity and creativity and thus perceive them as boring and uninspiring.
    • Even their more normal-sized vehicles are uninspiring and dull.
    • At the moment the area is gloomy and uninspiring, with grey concrete walls and floor.
    • The interior of East Buckley High was just as uninspiring and grey as the exterior, but in the October chill, at least it was halfway warm.
    • Today is Easter Day and what an uninspiring day it is here in a dull Northern English town - and I don't just mean the weather.
    • I should probably try on more items in the fitting room, because even my favourite items of clothing can look uninspiring on the hanger.
    • It was bland and uninspiring - and, we suspected, possibly cooked from frozen rather than being fresh.
    • The dialogue they pass between them is flat and uninspiring.
    • Or why not just smudge the black and white together to create a faintly uninspiring shade of grey?
    • The first few songs are bland and uninspiring public space music.
    • Too many school buildings have been dull, uninspiring and institutional.
    • As expected, tonight looks like an extremely interesting end to a particularly uninspiring campaign.
    • The game then deteriorated into an error-strewn and uninspiring midfield battle.
    • During the afternoon and evening I spent much time contemplating the uninspiring square patch of rough grass that is to be our new garden.
    • More dull, bland, insipid and uninspiring commercial radio is on its way!
    • It's better to have loved and lost than to be in a lacklustre and uninspiring relationship for the rest of your life.
    Synonyms
    boring, dull, dreary, drab, unexciting, unstimulating
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