uninspiring

CEFRB2

/ʌn.ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not causing excitement, interest, or new ideas.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not inspiring.

Examples

  • The speaker gave an uninspiring speech that bored the audience.

  • Normal life can feel uninspiring.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

More examples

In context
  • His playing is uninspiring.

  • One might imagine that the directors foresaw the somewhat uninspiring appearance of the future Manchester stations, and decided to start as it was intended to go on.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The coach's speech was so monotonous and blank that the team lost all motivation.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From un- + inspiring.