as in incredulous
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the excuse for her tardiness was too unconvincing to be accepted
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Recent Examples of unconvincing
No matter how unconvincing Italy look, underestimate the Azzurri at your peril.
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Matias Grez, CNN, 24 June 2024
These are the people who escorted Reacher to an unconvincing stand-in for the National Zoo three episodes ago.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
With his unconvincing talk of stability, Burhan seeks to resurrect the politics of the Bashir era.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2021
The judge ripped apart Biden’s argument as unconvincing.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Sep. 2024
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Matias Grez, CNN, 24 June 2024
These are the people who escorted Reacher to an unconvincing stand-in for the National Zoo three episodes ago.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
With his unconvincing talk of stability, Burhan seeks to resurrect the politics of the Bashir era.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2021
The judge ripped apart Biden’s argument as unconvincing.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unconvincing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconvincing
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In the interim, Gore made another call to an incredulous Bush to retract his concession.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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The New Orleans rapper was shirtless in both photos, sporting an incredulous expression in the first and an angry scowl in the second.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 11 Sep. 2024
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The incredible detail of Anderson's stop-motion animation gets more astounding in every scene (The leaves!Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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From clothing and shoe sales that will spruce up everyone’s travel wardrobe to suitcases that make packing a cinch, read on for more incredible finds.Claire Brodsky, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
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Langer’s unlikely 30-foot putt for birdie capped a thrilling, down to the wire season-ending tournament.Candace Oehler, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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They're paired up as roommates and forge an unlikely friendship, but after an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), Glinda and Elphaba go down two starkly different paths.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Getting the regime to agree to anything beyond limited concessions on its nuclear program appears implausible.Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Starring Jordana Brewster and Scott Speedman as a couple gifted luxe new digs with the aforementioned proviso, Vaughn Stein’s thriller is too simplistic and implausible to provide any chills.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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Travel conditions in some areas were expected to be difficult if not impossible.Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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Some worry that this will put an impossible burden on public welfare and health care systems and on younger generations who will have to care for a huge population of older people.Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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My main goal was to save the questionable, fragile relationship, whatever the cost.Taylor Eff, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Her Twitter feed contains questionable information, to put it nicely, on a wide range of topics, including vaccines and immigrants.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Art like Comedian acts as a reflection of society’s values, simultaneously serious and ridiculous.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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So far every one of Trump’s nominations has been poor, but that of RFK Jr. is ridiculous.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Choose from classic gift sets with bubbly for NYE toasts, an unbelievable Fireball keg for the party boy in your life and of course, the top-selling Total Wine Advent calendar for someone extra special.Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
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Stereophonic is there right now and the set is unbelievable.Shivani Vora, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Unconvincing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconvincing. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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