Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by a lack of excitement or liveliness; unexciting or uninteresting: synonym: dull.
- adjective Lacking or done without inspiration or enthusiasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not inspired: as, uninspired writings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
inspired ; dull or dry - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
uninspire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement
- adjective deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
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Examples
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San Antonio's ineptitude, although the Spurs seemed listless and uninspired from the start of Game 4.
USATODAY.com - Spurs season ends with another crushing defeat 2001
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One characters reference to the offstage writer's story being "uninspired" rang a little too true.
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Brain too. aleex if you are so briliant go and make movies...because the one you call "uninspired" is making more money in each movie than you in 10 years xD
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Begins Filming in Spring 2010 | /Film 2009
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And "uninspired" because I haven't been working on a play I've started (alert the media!), and because I haven't written anything on the Huffington Post.
Chris Durang: Politically We're Frogs Not Noticing the Boiling Water 2008
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Cat Power’s “The Greatest†may be a popular song, but it’s the kind of uninspired tepid country that has disappointed a lot of the musician’s previous fans of her subtle but intense tunes.
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I don't spend too much time in Beverly Hills, and besides, the name sounded kind of uninspired to me.
C&C: Euro Caffe tannaz 2007
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Dark Orpheus - I've been a little "uninspired" by the Bookers lately too!
Man Booker Short List Announced Stephanie 2007
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I don't spend too much time in Beverly Hills, and besides, the name sounded kind of uninspired to me.
Archive 2007-03-01 tannaz 2007
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The analyst said sales trends at Chico's women's clothing subsidiary, White House/Black Market, won't be enough to offset the effect of "uninspired" merchandise at Chico's.
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But despite being encouraged with the benefits for Time Warner Telecom from consolidation, the analyst is still "uninspired" with respect to valuation.
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