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adj
Not inspiring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: indifferent, pedestrian, unexceptional, average, comme ci comme ça, crappy, decent, lackluster, meh, mediocre, mid, middling, no great shakes, nothing to write home about, not worth writing home about, OK, okayish, ordinary, uninspiring, shitty, so-so, tolerable, whatever
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
depressing to the spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inspiring
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English inspiring English uninspiring From un- + inspiring.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
