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un inspiring
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprofitable |
| Synonyms: | dull, flat, fruitless, futile, lackluster, profitless, stale, uninspiring, unproductive, unrewarding, useless, vain, vapid |
| Antonyms: | developing, growing, productive, profitable |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | abused, archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho hum, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | active, exciting, interesting, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nondescript |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undistinguished, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | characterless, colorless, common, dull, empty, featureless, garden*, indescribable, indeterminate, mousy, ordinary, unclassifiable, unclassified, unexceptional, uninspiring, uninteresting, unmemorable, unremarkable, vague |
| Antonyms: | describable, different, distinguished, illustrative, remarkable, superior, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prosaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimaginative |
| Synonyms: | actual, banal, blah*, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead*, diddly, drab, dry, dull, everyday, factual, flat*, garden-variety, hackneyed, ho-hum, humdrum*, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, lusterless, matter-of- fact, monotonous, mundane, nothing, nowhere, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, prosy, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspiring, vanilla, vapid, workaday, yawn, zero* |
| Antonyms: | creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tame |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | bland, bloodless, boiled down, boring, conventional, diluted, feeble, flat*, halfhearted, humdrum*, insipid, lifeless, limp, mild, monotonous, prosaic, routine, spiritless, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, vapid, weak, wearisome, white-bread, without punch |
| Antonyms: | bright, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unexciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull |
| Synonyms: | big yawn, blah, boring, common, dead, dreary, familiar, ho hum, humdrum*, long-winded, monotonous, ordinary, plain, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, uneventful, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, usual, usual thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uninspired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, unoriginal |
| Synonyms: | bromidic, commonplace, corny*, everyday, heavy-handed, humdrum, indifferent, old hat, ordinary, phoned in, ponderous, prosaic, stale, sterile, stock, uncreative, unexciting, unimaginative, unimpressed, uninspiring, uninteresting, uninventive, unmoved, yawn |
| Antonyms: | creative, inspired, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uninteresting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
| Synonyms: | arid, banal, big yawn, bromidic, common, commonplace, depressing, dismal, drab, dreary, dry, dull, dusty, fatiguing, flat, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, irksome, jejune, monotonous, nothing*, nowhere, pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, soporific, stale, stupid, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unenjoyable, unentertaining, unexciting, uninspiring, wearisome |
| Antonyms: | eventful, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unmotivated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninspired |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, dull, everyday, humdrum, indifferent, lazy, old hat, ordinary, prosaic, stale, unambitious, uncreative, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, unmoved |
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