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uncompelling
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/ us /ˌʌn.kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/
uncompellingadjective (NOT STRONG)
If a reason, argument, etc. is uncompelling, it does not make you believe it or accept it because it is not strong:
The defence tried to convince the jury that his client had been too drunk to commit the crime, but they found that argument uncompelling.
The detectives came to an uncompelling conclusion regarding the mysterious fingerprints.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not good enough
be not onidiom
beneath
cop
deficiency
deficiency in something
intolerable
intolerably
lamely
lameness
leave a lot to be desiredidiom
sadness
second-rate
sub-optimum
subaverage
suboptimal
unsatisfactory
unsatisfying
unsound
unworthily
unworthy
uncompellingadjective (NOT EXCITING)
not exciting or interesting in a way that makes you want to watch or listen further:
The movie has a long, digressive plot that I found uncompelling.
His character is too uncompelling for me to care what happens to him.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bore and bored
banal
banally
be (stuck) in a grooveidiom
be watching the clockidiom
bend
blah
boil
bore
bore the ass off someoneidiom
languid
languidly
listless
listlessly
listlessness
rut
tired
underemployed
underwhelm
underwhelmed
undynamic
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