unconvincing

[kuhn-vin-sing]

con·vinc·ing

[kuhn-vin-sing]
adjective
1.
persuading or assuring by argument or evidence: They gave a convincing demonstration of the car's safety features.
2.
appearing worthy of belief; plausible: The excuse was not convincing.

Origin:
1605–15; convince + -ing2

con·vinc·ing·ly, adverb
con·vinc·ing·ness, noun
half-con·vinc·ing, adjective
half-con·vinc·ing·ly, adverb
un·con·vinc·ing, adjective
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un·con·vinc·ing·ly, adverb
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Unconvincing is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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unconvincing (ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋ)
 
adj
not credible or plausible

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