Unimpressive

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking the ability to impress, inability to produce an impression.

    "In a culture dominated by the young, fun and hard-bodied, the middle-aged big man struggles for visibility; he is dismissed as unimpressive, a cultural dead weight."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not capable of impressing wordnet

Synonyms

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back burnerback-burnerdecentdinkydispensableimmaterial

Example

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"Many towns and cities in the Sahara are nothing but an unimpressive array of mud buildings."

Etymology

From un- + impressive.

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