unstimulating
- adjective
- /ʌnˈstɪmjʊleɪtɪŋ/
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- The lecture was boring and unstimulating, making it hard for the students to stay awake.
Examples
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Or how about the emotionally unstimulating "financial transaction tax"?
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They were unexciting and unstimulating, and I couldn't motivate myself.
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Many people find watching paint dry an unstimulating activity.
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He described the movie as unstimulating and lacking any real excitement or plot twists.
Synonyms
721
1.0
Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
182
1.3
Not interesting or lively
87
4.4
Boring and repetitive, making you feel mentally tired
20
1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
20
3.7
Not exciting or interesting
14
4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
14
6.5
So boring that you stop paying attention
14
5.3
Something that is boring because it has no variety
9
6.5
Not exciting and having little variety
7
3.5
Not interesting or exciting
3
3.2
Not interesting or exciting
1
6.9
Making something feel very dull and boring
1
4.6
Not interesting and does not hold attention
1
4.5
Does not make people laugh
1
6.0
Calm and not meant to excite or shock people
Not made more interesting or exciting
Not causing excitement or interest
Not causing strong feelings or interest
Not making someone feel interested or willing to do something
Not interesting to watch, read or listen to
Not attractive or interesting
Making people feel bored
Causes people to lose interest because it is dull
Boring and not interesting to think about or feel
Not causing strong feelings or interest in people
Very boring and hard to pay attention to
Not causing strong excitement
Antonyms
How Stimulating
Surface Forms
Morphology
unstimulating = stimulating (transparent) = un + stimulate + ing
Formed by productive negation 'un-' added to the adjective 'stimulating'; meaning 'not stimulating' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Unstimulating breaks into un- meaning 'not' and stimulate, which comes from a word for a small 'push' or 'spark' that makes you feel interested or active. So, Unstimulating means 'not giving a push or spark', which is why something unstimulating feels boring and not exciting.