unspectacularadj.

1868 Derby Mercury 25 Mar. 3/5 It [sc. Lord Chancellor Cairns's address] was positively a grand show of fire... There was nothing to allow for, no British unspectacular awkwardness to take into account.

1914 C. Caffin Vaudeville ix. 175 The fall of the curtain on the quiet, unspectacular scene rather discounts the volume of the applause.

1926 Public Opinion 30 Apr. 433/3 An unspectacular honesty and a certain literary sobriety..mark this novel.

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 8 Aug. (Final ed.) d1 Once they lock in, the Birds seem capable of endless, efficient, unspectacular victories.

2011 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 28 Sept. 14 An enjoyable, if unspectacular, film which is given greater weight by the impressive quality of its performances.

1886 Harper's Mag. Feb. 485/2 Such women as Mary Marden, Theresa, and Ellen, taking quietly, strongly, unspectacularly, their share of the common burden of common life.

1934 Manch. Guardian 1 Oct. 14/2 The recovery of the Rover Company under the reorganized management is proceeding unspectacularly..but none the less steadily.

1975 Hi-Fi News Feb. 131/3 One of the most unspectacularly natural piano recordings I have heard for a long time.

2015 Times (Nexis) 22 Aug. (Sport section) 18 Ballance batted unspectacularly but increasingly securely to lead Yorkshire's determined progress into a position of some authority.