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单词 unpersuasive
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unpersuasiveadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpəˈsweɪsɪv/, U.S. /ˌənpərˈsweɪsɪv/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and persuasive adj. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, persuasive adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + persuasive adj.
Not persuasive, unconvincing; lacking the power to persuade.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable
unlevelyOE
untrowablea1382
incredible1412
unbelievedc1425
inopinable?a1475
unbelievable1548
discredible1580
too good to be true1580
incomprehensible1604
incredulousa1616
intestablea1631
inconceivable1646
unpersuasive1651
inconceptiblea1676
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adjective] > unconvincing
unplausible1637
unsatisfactory1637
unpersuasive1651
unsatisfying1656
unconvincing1659
implausiblea1677
dowf1786
1651 Englands Apol. 28 Notwithstanding all this seem unclear and unperswasive to dissenters to gain their full consent to this Common-wealth.
1680 W. Bates Soveraign & Final Happiness of Man viii. 187 If Men did seriously believe such an excellent Reward, as the Gospel propounds, would it be a cold unpersuasive motive to them?
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xii. 128 I traversed the room, and bit my unpersuasive lips..for vexation.
1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. 122 That argumentative manner, bordering on the dry and unpersuasive, which is..the character of English Sermons.
1847 F. W. Newman Hist. Hebrew Monarchy ix. 328 In his own town of Anathoth,..his [sc. Jeremiah's] extreme youth would make him unpersuasive to his neighbours.
1899 Parisian Mar. 316 He is a singer of great vigor, a fine hero, but an unpersuasive wooer.
1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism II. 419 Actuality, without which all painting is characterless and unpersuasive.
2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 June 64/3 The wild comparisons..of Iran to Nazi Germany and all the unpersuasive characterization of the country's leaders as apocalyptical madmen.

Derivatives

unperˈsuasively adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adverb] > incredibly
unbelievably1839
unpersuasively1855
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adverb] > unconvincingly
unsatisfyingly1653
unsatisfactorily1657
weakly1662
unplausibly1706
implausibly1818
unpersuasively1855
unconvincingly1891
1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 347 So not unpersuasively might it be said on this passage.
1865 A. B. Grosart Lambs all Safe (ed. 3) 106 I have indeed written poorly and vnpersuasively.
1932 Times 16 Feb. 10/2 To the mediocrity of the humour is added unpersuasively artificial settings.
2004 Philosophy 79 413 Locke saw the implication of his own theory and laboured, unpersuasively, to block it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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