as in uninterested
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Recent Examples of unexcited
Minervini himself seems unexcited by the new territory.
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Armond White, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
But each has known weaknesses (age; indifference to election results) that have reinforced a stable dynamic: Biden voters are unexcited about him but eager to vote against Trump.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Early in the third episode, as his children are mingling at his son Connor's (Alan Ruck) wedding to the hilariously unexcited Willa (Justinen Lupe), Roman (Kieran Culkin) receives a call from the private jet carrying Logan to Sweden for negotiations with a buyer.
—David Faris, The Week, 12 Apr. 2023
If voters of one party are unexcited and stay home, the other party benefits.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
But all of it is a feast for the eyes—eyes weary of my home surroundings, but also generally unexcited by the design offerings of pandemic Instagram.
—Alexandra Lange, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2022
With Couch Guy, his crime was seeming unexcited to see his long-distance girlfriend enter the room.
—Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2022
Armond White, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
But each has known weaknesses (age; indifference to election results) that have reinforced a stable dynamic: Biden voters are unexcited about him but eager to vote against Trump.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Early in the third episode, as his children are mingling at his son Connor's (Alan Ruck) wedding to the hilariously unexcited Willa (Justinen Lupe), Roman (Kieran Culkin) receives a call from the private jet carrying Logan to Sweden for negotiations with a buyer.
—David Faris, The Week, 12 Apr. 2023
If voters of one party are unexcited and stay home, the other party benefits.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
But all of it is a feast for the eyes—eyes weary of my home surroundings, but also generally unexcited by the design offerings of pandemic Instagram.
—Alexandra Lange, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2022
With Couch Guy, his crime was seeming unexcited to see his long-distance girlfriend enter the room.
—Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexcited
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Denmark is uninterested in selling Greenland, and the territory’s largely indigenous population is wary of outside powers—a legacy of the island’s brutal history under Danish rule.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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While the Fongs are third-generation owners, their children are doctors and engineers uninterested in taking over the family business.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Feb. 2025
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Recruiters are contending with a population that’s not just unenthusiastic but incapable.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The reaction by investors in China’s stock markets to the central bank’s move was unenthusiastic.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The 5-0 shelling of the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday moved the Rangers to 7-1-3 in January and within 2 points of a wild-card spot and further away from that 19-game run of awful, disinterested play in November and December.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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It’s used only once, when her aunt speaks the name into a cell phone to a disinterested third party.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The issue extends to Mio, too, whose quips or poorly timed retorts to Zoe’s dialogue don’t really align with her generally apathetic persona.—
Kyle Wilson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some reported feeling more apathetic rather than angry at Spurs’ past two home games: a 6-3 defeat by Liverpool just before Christmas that should have been even more lop-sided and Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers where Spurs conceded an 87th-minute equaliser.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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If Hollywood’s answer to Donald Trump’s first months at the White House in 2017 was resistance, the 2025 edition so far appears more muted and a tad indifferent.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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But what if the U.S. is not only unsupportive or neutral or indifferent but hostile?—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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However, its unambitious deep bass performance practically begs for a subwoofer.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
27 Jan. 2025
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In some ways, Melania Trump—elegant, enigmatic, and apparently unambitious—arrived in Washington better suited to the office than any other presidential spouse in recent memory.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Unexcited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexcited. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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