unimpressive

Examples

• All

• When you have to sum up your whole life in one essay, it all just sounds so... unimpressive.

  Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

• So we'll just explain why the office is so unimpressive.

  Bound & Babysitting (2015)

• So it sounds like you felt like you were a very unimpressive human being at the time.

• "All this might sound unimpressive to someone with a normal working memory.

  Blog text (27)

• The service here is so unimpressive.

  A Party to Die For (2022)

• As a physical structure, third places are typically plain and unimpressive to look at.

  Academic text (2018)

• We're coming near to the end of what has been a singularly unimpressive pilot season.

  Blog text (10)

• With the exception of Austin Jackson in center field, the Tigers were largely unimpressive defensively last season.

  Blog text (27)

• Joey's apartment building is an L-shaped skyscraper about 30 stories high, unimpressive by New York City standards.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The presentation was quite unimpressive, lacking any engaging visuals.

Synonyms

M

mediocre

vsunimpressive

109 4.8

Only average in quality and not very good

emphasizes instead that it fails to catch people's notice or attention

N

nothing special

vsunimpressive

43 2.2

Ordinary and not very interesting

highlights instead its lack of ability to make people notice it

B

bland

vsunimpressive

31 2.8

A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features

focuses instead on not having anything that makes people notice it

L

lackluster

vsunimpressive

• US

30 6.1

Dull and showing little energy

highlights instead the absence of qualities that make people notice it

U

uninteresting

vsunimpressive

20 1.4

Not exciting and likely to make people bored

emphasizes instead that it does not make people notice or care

U

unremarkable

vsunimpressive

20 3.5

Being ordinary and not interesting

points instead to absence of any striking quality that draws notice

I

insipid

vsunimpressive

17 7.3

Having little taste and being boring

stresses instead that it does not draw people's notice or attention

N

nondescript

vsunimpressive

17 7.1

Not having special or interesting features so it does not stand out

highlights instead absence of any feature that makes people notice it

U

unattractive

vsunimpressive

16 2.5

Not interesting or likely to make people want it

focuses instead on not making people notice or want to engage with it

U

unappealing

vsunimpressive

15 4.1

Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting

focuses instead on not getting people to notice or feel drawn to it

U

uninspired

vsunimpressive

14 4.0

Not having new or interesting ideas

focuses instead on not producing anything that makes people notice it

U

underwhelming

vsunimpressive

12 4.4

Less impressive or exciting than you expect

focuses instead on simply not catching people's notice or attention

P

prosaic

vsunimpressive

8 7.9

Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement

places instead emphasis on failing to catch people's notice or interest

U

uninspiring

vsunimpressive

7 3.5

Not interesting or exciting

instead highlights that it fails to make people notice or engage

U

undistinguished

vsunimpressive

5 5.4

A person or thing that has no special quality

focuses instead on not being able to catch others notice or attention

U

unglamorous

vsunimpressive

4 5.4

Not attractive or exciting and often plain

emphasizes instead that it does not catch broad public notice or appeal

U

unspectacular

vsunimpressive

3 4.1

Ordinary and not very impressive

refers more to simply failing to make people notice it broadly

U

unexciting

vsunimpressive

3 3.2

Not interesting or exciting

focuses instead on its inability to catch wider attention from people

P

pallid

vsunimpressive

2 7.4

Not interesting or lively and often boring

emphasizes instead the absence of anything that makes people notice it

N

nothing spectacular

vsunimpressive

1 3.4

Not very impressive or special

frames instead the lack of anything that makes people notice it

U

unmemorable

vsunimpressive

1 5.3

Not easy to remember or notice later

speaks instead to simply not catching people's notice initially

U

unimposing

vsunimpressive

1 6.1

Not attracting attention because it looks plain or simple

is broader covering items that do not make people notice them

U

unfabulous

vsunimpressive

1 6.8

Ordinary and not exciting

focuses instead on not causing people to notice or remember it

U

unflashy

vsunimpressive

1 4.4

Simple in style and not trying to attract attention

describes instead an overall lack of anything that makes people notice it

N

not worth writing home about

vsunimpressive

• Informal

7.0

Not very good or special

focuses instead on its failure to make people notice it

D

dullish

vsunimpressive

3.7

Not bright in color and not very interesting

focuses instead on not being able to catch people's notice or attention

U

undistinguishing

vsunimpressive

8.0

Without features that make it different from others

focuses instead on not being able to catch people's notice on its own

M

mah

vsunimpressive

• Informal

9.9

Not very good or interesting

is the neutral term used to say something does not make people notice it

Antonyms

I

impressive

584 3.4

Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good

How Impressive

stunning

83 4.1

impressive

584 3.4

notable

112 3.7

unimpressive

9 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology