uncompelling
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.kəmˈpɛl.ɪŋ/
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poco convincente
- But first I wanted to know why Carter did it, and the answer to that query lay in the dusty volumes of his correspondence, so dry, so rhetorically uncompelling, that it is easy enough to understand why so few people have had any interest in them.
And it's very uncompelling, very uncompelling.
- And it's very uncompelling, very uncompelling.
- And overall the data is uncompelling.
Examples
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The lecture was so uncompelling that many students chose to leave early.
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And it's very uncompelling, very uncompelling.
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And it's very uncompelling, very uncompelling.
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You know, sometimes it's unbeautiful, it's uncompelling, and you just have to keep moving through it.
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Maybe director Peter Weir thinks this relieves him of some of his storytelling duties; perhaps that explains why this narrative is so uncompelling.
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His uncompelling reasons for not attending the meeting failed to convince anyone.
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Despite the hype, the movie turned out to be quite uncompelling and boring.
Synonyms
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5.1
Failing to make someone believe what you say
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Not able to make someone believe or agree
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Not interesting and does not hold attention
Not making someone feel interested or willing to do something
Not causing strong feelings or interest
Antonyms
How Compelling
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncompelling = compelling (transparent) = un + compel + ing
The adjective is formed by negating the straightforward adjective 'compelling' with the productive prefix 'un-'.
Etymology
The word uncompelling is un- 'not' plus compelling, from compel whose root pel means 'to drive', seen in propel 'to push forward'. So, something uncompelling does not 'drive' or hold your attention and does not attract or convince you.