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单词 unconvincing
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Definition of unconvincing in English:

unconvincing

adjectiveʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋˌənkənˈvɪnsɪŋ
  • 1Failing to make someone believe that something is true or valid.

    she felt the lie was unconvincing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Churchill's responses to the academic fraud evidence have been entirely unconvincing.
    • I find it ultimately unconvincing, although as I say, the argument may be more subtle in the book.
    • Her motives and relationships are rendered dry and unconvincing, but her self-absorption rings true.
    • People find the government's case unconvincing; they simply do not believe it.
    • Porter et al. acknowledge that theoretical basis of repression is weak and unconvincing.
    • For example, to argue that all these crimes require some form of further intent is unconvincing, since that is not true of murder.
    • So the Journal's assurance that there is no story here is profoundly unconvincing.
    • Ever since the modern study of art history began in the eighteenth century, there has been a variety of more or less unconvincing answers to that question.
    • I was not impressed with his evidence, which I found to be vague, and unconvincing in the extreme.
    • Also, your gestures have grown constrained: unconvincing and simply wrong.
    • In the end, dogmatic reactions to sex selection are unconvincing, and often rooted in dubious unstated assumptions.
    • For opponents of the fund that example is unconvincing.
    • I've always been frustrated by the ending we saw in the cinema, which strikes me as tonally appropriate, but utterly unconvincing.
    • Actor Lalonde is for the most part only adequate and, in the several spots where the text calls for him to cry, is utterly unconvincing.
    • In addition, I found the claimant's evidence generally to be unconvincing and unreliable.
    • Her unconvincing speech was a loosely-connected string of truisms and cliches, with nary a story to give it substance.
    • And the assumption that he had packed away his nuclear kit and abandoned all ambitions still strikes me as deeply unconvincing.
    • I found the principal love story to be quite unconvincing.
    • A relationship between Francine and her sister Dawn is tenuous and unconvincing.
    • One reviewer finds Perkins' story implausible and unconvincing, except perhaps to conspiracy buffs.
    1. 1.1 Failing to impress.
      a slightly bizarre and unconvincing fusion of musical forces
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Barlby moved back to the top of division four in unconvincing fashion with a 1-1 draw at bottom club Acomb Celtic.
      • The secretary said the unconvincing win over Park Ratheniska should have been a warning to their players to prove their worth.
      • He thought that Alex and Dave Smith were unconvincing tacklers, whereas Coutts in his own central defence was rock-like.
      • Celtic lost to Basel in the Champions League, to Motherwell in the SPL, and were unconvincing last weekend against Hibs.
      • No matter the improvement at the breakdown yesterday, this is a Lions team which is still monumentally unconvincing in the phase.
      • Instead a unforced knock-on from a punt into their 22 put Kendal on the back foot and unconvincing defence allowed Cooper in.
      • The farm's entrance was lined with a piece of hopeful, if unconvincing, carpet, designed to disinfect the car tyres as they drive over.
      • Robert Douglas, on the other hand, has been unconvincing and still has some work to do to convince the Celtic support he'll be the man for years to come.
      • In keeping with their performance during the opening 45 minutes, the equaliser was unconvincing in its conception.
      • Real's defence of the cup has so far been unconvincing, even in last week's defeat of the Russians, but they are in little danger of failing to qualify.
      • The matches took place in bad weather and with unconvincing refereeing, which brought about some traumas.
      • Not the best match in the world - and to be honest the score line flatters us as the performance was rather inconsistent and unconvincing.
      • You can believe this from his unconvincing performance.
      • Absolutely stunning CGI slowly degrades into a very unconvincing PS2 version of the Rock as the Scorpion King.
      • It was only those happy with a win, unconvincing or otherwise.
      • The exhibition is unconvincing, as well, in its overall plan.
      • Though this record is fun, with some neat twists and turns, it remains unconvincing and sounds too much like a thesis on white funk rather than the real thing.
      • All that remained was an unconvincing Wanderers flurry.
      • To be honest, nothing about the trip to Milan would, save for the hope that Italy continue their unconvincing form under their new manager.
      • When the Nelson powerhouse was introduced, the visitors were on a still unconvincing 71-3.
      Synonyms
      improbable, unlikely, implausible
      incredible, scarcely credible, unbelievable, difficult to believe, beyond belief, questionable, dubious, doubtful
      strained, laboured, ponderous, forced, far-fetched, remote, unrealistic, fanciful, fantastic, strange
      feeble, weak, unsound, thin, transparent, poor, lame, trifling, shallow, inadequate, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, half-baked, pathetic
      informal hard to swallow/take

Derivatives

  • unconvincingly

  • adverbˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋliˌənk(ə)nˈvɪnsɪŋli
    • McConnell's aides rushed to his defence yesterday, insisting unconvincingly that, had he failed to check on whether he needed to register the painting, the media would have hounded him over the issue.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘But 40 is the new 30,’ insists Sean, rather unconvincingly.
      • As he suffered derision upon derision, I am not certain whether I should call this Monterone unconvincingly pathetic, or pathetically unconvincing.
      • I think the men in the garage would then maybe smile, but unconvincingly and maybe say, ‘Yeah, all right mate.’
      • As the Readers and Writers Festival Closing Performance, Munro read a yet-unpublished story from what she is saying - unconvincingly - will be her last book.
 
 

Definition of unconvincing in US English:

unconvincing

adjectiveˌənkənˈvɪnsɪŋˌənkənˈvinsiNG
  • 1Failing to make someone believe that something is true or valid.

    she felt the lie was unconvincing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So the Journal's assurance that there is no story here is profoundly unconvincing.
    • In addition, I found the claimant's evidence generally to be unconvincing and unreliable.
    • I was not impressed with his evidence, which I found to be vague, and unconvincing in the extreme.
    • People find the government's case unconvincing; they simply do not believe it.
    • Churchill's responses to the academic fraud evidence have been entirely unconvincing.
    • I've always been frustrated by the ending we saw in the cinema, which strikes me as tonally appropriate, but utterly unconvincing.
    • Also, your gestures have grown constrained: unconvincing and simply wrong.
    • A relationship between Francine and her sister Dawn is tenuous and unconvincing.
    • Ever since the modern study of art history began in the eighteenth century, there has been a variety of more or less unconvincing answers to that question.
    • For example, to argue that all these crimes require some form of further intent is unconvincing, since that is not true of murder.
    • I found the principal love story to be quite unconvincing.
    • One reviewer finds Perkins' story implausible and unconvincing, except perhaps to conspiracy buffs.
    • In the end, dogmatic reactions to sex selection are unconvincing, and often rooted in dubious unstated assumptions.
    • For opponents of the fund that example is unconvincing.
    • Porter et al. acknowledge that theoretical basis of repression is weak and unconvincing.
    • Her motives and relationships are rendered dry and unconvincing, but her self-absorption rings true.
    • I find it ultimately unconvincing, although as I say, the argument may be more subtle in the book.
    • Actor Lalonde is for the most part only adequate and, in the several spots where the text calls for him to cry, is utterly unconvincing.
    • And the assumption that he had packed away his nuclear kit and abandoned all ambitions still strikes me as deeply unconvincing.
    • Her unconvincing speech was a loosely-connected string of truisms and cliches, with nary a story to give it substance.
    1. 1.1 Failing to impress.
      a slightly bizarre and unconvincing fusion of musical forces
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He thought that Alex and Dave Smith were unconvincing tacklers, whereas Coutts in his own central defence was rock-like.
      • Barlby moved back to the top of division four in unconvincing fashion with a 1-1 draw at bottom club Acomb Celtic.
      • The secretary said the unconvincing win over Park Ratheniska should have been a warning to their players to prove their worth.
      • The matches took place in bad weather and with unconvincing refereeing, which brought about some traumas.
      • The farm's entrance was lined with a piece of hopeful, if unconvincing, carpet, designed to disinfect the car tyres as they drive over.
      • The exhibition is unconvincing, as well, in its overall plan.
      • You can believe this from his unconvincing performance.
      • When the Nelson powerhouse was introduced, the visitors were on a still unconvincing 71-3.
      • Not the best match in the world - and to be honest the score line flatters us as the performance was rather inconsistent and unconvincing.
      • Robert Douglas, on the other hand, has been unconvincing and still has some work to do to convince the Celtic support he'll be the man for years to come.
      • It was only those happy with a win, unconvincing or otherwise.
      • Absolutely stunning CGI slowly degrades into a very unconvincing PS2 version of the Rock as the Scorpion King.
      • Celtic lost to Basel in the Champions League, to Motherwell in the SPL, and were unconvincing last weekend against Hibs.
      • In keeping with their performance during the opening 45 minutes, the equaliser was unconvincing in its conception.
      • No matter the improvement at the breakdown yesterday, this is a Lions team which is still monumentally unconvincing in the phase.
      • All that remained was an unconvincing Wanderers flurry.
      • Real's defence of the cup has so far been unconvincing, even in last week's defeat of the Russians, but they are in little danger of failing to qualify.
      • To be honest, nothing about the trip to Milan would, save for the hope that Italy continue their unconvincing form under their new manager.
      • Instead a unforced knock-on from a punt into their 22 put Kendal on the back foot and unconvincing defence allowed Cooper in.
      • Though this record is fun, with some neat twists and turns, it remains unconvincing and sounds too much like a thesis on white funk rather than the real thing.
      Synonyms
      improbable, unlikely, implausible
 
 
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