unpersuasive

A representative for Ms Mangroe told the BBC: "The Dream’s arguments seeking to dismiss Plaintiff’s allegations are wholly unpersuasive. We look forward to opposing the motions and proceeding to discovery in this case."

He said he squeezed the area to determine whether the mark was a wound — an account that a judge in the case called “extremely unpersuasive.”

But the court disagreed, finding unpersuasive the evidence of Golden Rice’s safety presented by government attorneys defending the permit.

Judge McAfee’s opinion also called out some “unpersuasive” testimony from Wade, Willis and others as part of his determination that a significant appearance of impropriety had arisen.

His “patently unpersuasive explanation” for those inaccuracies “indicates a willingness on his part to wrongly conceal his relationship with the District Attorney,” McAfee wrote.