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- adverb In an
unpersuasive way.
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Examples
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Ms. Baker reports fairly on all of this, but unpersuasively excuses Sanger by arguing that these alliances were merely pragmatic.
The Road to the Pill Ruth Graham 2011
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Mr. Halberstam suggested, not unpersuasively, that a lifetime of winning made Mr. Bundy think Vietnam couldn't but go his way.
Battered and Bruised, It's Better to Lose Eric Felten 2011
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Comstock is: a decision that holds (however unpersuasively and problematically) that civil commitment by the Federal government is a “necessary and proper” meansof [...]
The Volokh Conspiracy » Preliminary Thoughts on Comstock 2010
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Because Polanski would have been arrested if he filmed in America, a dreary German resort island stands in unpersuasively for Martha's Vineyard.
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Mr. Rubin was a director of the bank and continues to argue, unpersuasively, that his role was merely advisory, but Mr. Prince was the chief executive and chairman.
Too Big to Fail…or to Succeed for Long? Patience Wheatcroft 2010
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"Better to reign in Hell," he argues, not unpersuasively, "than serve in Heaven."
Power Struggles, Family Style Sam Sacks 2010
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Because Polanski would have been arrested if he filmed in America, a dreary German resort island stands in unpersuasively for Martha's Vineyard.
Steve Sailer: Polanski's Ghost Writer , and Americanising Britain 2010
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Mr. Rubin was a director of the bank and continues to argue, unpersuasively, that his role was merely advisory, but Mr. Prince was the chief executive and chairman.
Too Big to Fail…or to Succeed for Long? Patience Wheatcroft 2010
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Later in the book he cites none other than Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," though admittedly he applies its message, unpersuasively, to buttress a claim about elite athletes using self-delusion to help them win.
In Sports As in Life 2010
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Because Polanski would have been arrested if he filmed in America, a dreary German resort island stands in unpersuasively for Martha's Vineyard.
Steve Sailer: Polanski's Ghost Writer, and Americanising Britain 2010
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