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uninspired

[ uhn-in-spahyuhrd ]

adjective

  1. not inspired; inspired; not creative or spirited:

    an uninspired performance; an uninspired teacher.



uninspired

/ ˌʌnɪnˈspaɪəd /

adjective

  1. dull or ordinary; unimaginative

    an uninspired painting



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Word History and Origins

Origin of uninspired1

First recorded in 1680–90; un- 1 + inspired

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Example Sentences

At first glance, there’s nothing remarkable about the uninspired, low-rise hospital on the west side of Milan, affectionately known as “Gnocchi.”

Teams that don’t utilize this process are either strapped for space, uninspired by the options or lacking creativity.

A groundswell of uninspired visitors took to social media to detail their experiences.

These vault tracks have the chance to feel and sound freshest, despite some rather uninspired lyrics—“Sometimes I really wish that I could hate you,” off “Don’t You,” makes me glad Taylor honed her craft further in the intervening years.

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Four mostly uninspired games later, the Penguins’ once-promising season was over.

But he had a personal fortune—he spent $1.5 million of his own money on the race—and a competent, if uninspired, message.

He worked for a handful of local lawmakers in New York and found “the party hack types to be uninspired,” he said.

Netanyahu's meandering and uninspired drivel left many confused but I will attempt to summarize it.

Second, and this will be more controversial, I believe the quality of ads on both sides were at best uninspired.

But unquestionably enthusiasm has dimmed; uninspired indecision has replaced hope of change.

We are not asking what sects believe, or uninspired teachers teach; but, "What does the Bible say."

Indeed, to call a work of art purely and simply "scientific," is tantamount to saying that it is dry and uninspired by the muse.

But one day, after reading the first four books of the New Testament, he exclaimed, "No uninspired man ever wrote that book."

Very likely he did; but he also realized the mental dusk of the cultured uninspired and his prerogative to enlighten them.

One cannot by even continued efforts (uninspired by courage) or by the arts of conciliation, always conquer a kingdom.

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