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  • adjective Lacking inspiration.

Etymologies

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under- +‎ inspired

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Examples

  • Never less than competent but seldom more than terminally dull, it is probably the kind of overworked, underinspired landfill Hopkins had in mind when he used the term ‘Parnassian.’

    2007 April : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation - Part 2 2007

  • Never less than competent but seldom more than terminally dull, it is probably the kind of overworked, underinspired landfill Hopkins had in mind when he used the term ‘Parnassian.’

    I’m Okay, I’m Just Floundering : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • Government reviews show the FDA to be underfunded, understaffed, underperforming, and underinspired.

    CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2008 2008

  • We wouldn't tolerate schools that don't teach, that are chronically underfunded and understaffed and underinspired, if we thought that the children in them were like our children.

    The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

  • There is nothing sadder than an overgrown, underblooming, sucker-infested August rosebush - unless it's an overwritten, underinspired, cliche-infested plot resolution.

    Murder She Writes Sophie Littlefield 2010

  • We wouldn’t tolerate schools that don’t teach, that are chronically underfunded and understaffed and underinspired, if we thought that the children in them were like our children.

    The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

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