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单词 unspectacular
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Definition of unspectacular in English:

unspectacular

adjectiveʌnspɛkˈtakjʊləˌənˌspɛkˈtækjələr
  • Not spectacular; unremarkable.

    she had been an unspectacular student
    Example sentencesExamples
    • All in all, a constantly entertaining show - solid but unspectacular.
    • Their first single, Life in a Day, made it to a fairly unspectacular 62 in the UK charts, and it was to be a few more years before their fortunes changed.
    • Those looking for unspectacular but solid returns could consider the equity income sector as an option.
    • The weather scuppered the viewing of the winter solstice sunset from Maeshowe on Tuesday, with low cloud and rain making for an unspectacular event.
    • After putting out a couple of unspectacular albums, she spent much of the 1980s waitressing and working in a record store.
    • However, Inverness toiled to make their victory a certainty but the second goal 13 minutes from the end was an unspectacular affair.
    • He has made an impressive, if unspectacular start to his term of office and he strikes me as someone who will be very fair and thorough over his dealing with issues.
    • The only other scores of a hard-fought, if unspectacular affair, arrived in the opening 13 minutes of the second half.
    • Average shareholder returns over the past 10 years were a respectable, if unspectacular 8%.
    • Instead, it's a slickly professional operation, producing good pizza in unspectacular but pleasant surroundings
    • As such, another year of unspectacular gains is forecast.
    • In fact I had a mostly unspectacular childhood with no broken bones and countless cuts and bruises in your average middle class nuclear family.
    • A character actor may also be a faithful husband; both are steady, if unspectacular jobs.
    • In a game when City were solid if unspectacular, the fans who travelled to Southend would have been forgiven for not being over enthusiastic.
    • It is a typical example of cost effective film making bringing correspondingly unspectacular results.
    • As it is, the programme's loose, safe and profoundly unspectacular definition of culture risks pleasing nobody in an attempt to please everyone.
    • They are soon enjoying an unspectacular affair of the kind seen in third-rate novels and, often, in real life.
    • But if you really want to know, the playing is fine: solid, if unspectacular.
    • Yet even these unspectacular results have considerable significance.
    • The real surprise though is how unspectacular the programme is.
    Synonyms
    unremarkable, unexceptional, undistinguished, uneventful, unmemorable, inconspicuous
    ordinary, average, normal, commonplace, nothing out of the ordinary
    mediocre, middling, run-of-the-mill, workaday, indifferent, amateur, amateurish, dull, boring, plodding

Derivatives

  • unspectacularly

  • adverb
    • Yet the first shot arced neatly if unspectacularly towards the practice green.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is a long-standing member who competes regularly, if usually unspectacularly, off his 23 handicap.
      • But since his game and his character are of the unglamorous kind, because he goes about his job quietly, efficiently, unspectacularly, he has perhaps not got quite the recognition he deserves.
      • Nothing quite like that greeted Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings which, when first published in 1955, sold steadily if unspectacularly.
      • Between the wars he rose steadily but unspectacularly in rank and by 1936 was a lt-general.
 
 

Definition of unspectacular in US English:

unspectacular

adjectiveˌənˌspekˈtakyələrˌənˌspɛkˈtækjələr
  • Not spectacular; unremarkable.

    she had been an unspectacular student
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, it's a slickly professional operation, producing good pizza in unspectacular but pleasant surroundings
    • All in all, a constantly entertaining show - solid but unspectacular.
    • Their first single, Life in a Day, made it to a fairly unspectacular 62 in the UK charts, and it was to be a few more years before their fortunes changed.
    • The weather scuppered the viewing of the winter solstice sunset from Maeshowe on Tuesday, with low cloud and rain making for an unspectacular event.
    • Average shareholder returns over the past 10 years were a respectable, if unspectacular 8%.
    • They are soon enjoying an unspectacular affair of the kind seen in third-rate novels and, often, in real life.
    • As such, another year of unspectacular gains is forecast.
    • He has made an impressive, if unspectacular start to his term of office and he strikes me as someone who will be very fair and thorough over his dealing with issues.
    • Yet even these unspectacular results have considerable significance.
    • In a game when City were solid if unspectacular, the fans who travelled to Southend would have been forgiven for not being over enthusiastic.
    • As it is, the programme's loose, safe and profoundly unspectacular definition of culture risks pleasing nobody in an attempt to please everyone.
    • The real surprise though is how unspectacular the programme is.
    • Those looking for unspectacular but solid returns could consider the equity income sector as an option.
    • In fact I had a mostly unspectacular childhood with no broken bones and countless cuts and bruises in your average middle class nuclear family.
    • However, Inverness toiled to make their victory a certainty but the second goal 13 minutes from the end was an unspectacular affair.
    • It is a typical example of cost effective film making bringing correspondingly unspectacular results.
    • A character actor may also be a faithful husband; both are steady, if unspectacular jobs.
    • But if you really want to know, the playing is fine: solid, if unspectacular.
    • After putting out a couple of unspectacular albums, she spent much of the 1980s waitressing and working in a record store.
    • The only other scores of a hard-fought, if unspectacular affair, arrived in the opening 13 minutes of the second half.
    Synonyms
    unremarkable, unexceptional, undistinguished, uneventful, unmemorable, inconspicuous
 
 
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