unconvincingadjective
uk/ˌʌn.kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ/us/ˌʌn.kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ/If an explanation or story is unconvincing, it does not sound or seem true or real:
They gave some unconvincing explanations for the system failure.
The dialogue was unconvincing, partly because it was American actors trying to speak London English.
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Not believable
- belief
- by no stretch (of the imagination) idiom
- fanciful
- far-fetched
- fishy
- hard
- hear
- incredible
- incredibly
- likely
- miraculous
- pass
- pass (all) belief idiom
- smell fishy idiom
- unbelievably
- unthinkable
- unthinkable
- untrustworthiness
- untrustworthy
- wash
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unconvincingly
adverb uk/ˌʌn.kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ.li/us/ˌʌn.kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ.li/