unconvincing
/ʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋ
/adjective
1Failing to make someone believe that something is true or valid: she felt the lie was unconvincing...
- One reviewer finds Perkins' story implausible and unconvincing, except perhaps to conspiracy buffs.
- I found the principal love story to be quite unconvincing.
- So the Journal's assurance that there is no story here is profoundly unconvincing.
1.1Failing to impress: a slightly bizarre and unconvincing fusion of musical forces...
- You can believe this from his unconvincing performance.
- 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.
- Celtic lost to Basel in the Champions League, to Motherwell in the SPL, and were unconvincing last weekend against Hibs.
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
/ adverb ...- As the Readers and Writers Festival Closing Performance, Munro read a yet-unpublished story from what she is saying - unconvincingly - will be her last book.
- ‘But 40 is the new 30,’ insists Sean, rather unconvincingly.
- I think the men in the garage would then maybe smile, but unconvincingly and maybe say, ‘Yeah, all right mate.’