uninspiring

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UK/ʌn.ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/US/ʌn.ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/

adjective

Not inspiring.

Similar
indifferentpedestrianunexceptionalaveragecomme ci comme çacrappymoderatedecent
Opposite
inspiring
OriginEnglish inspiring ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuninspiring (comparative more uninspiring, superlative most uninspiring)

comparative more uninspiring · superlative most uninspiring

  1. Not inspiring.

    One might imagine that the directors foresaw the somewhat uninspiring appearance of the future Manchester stations, and decided to start as it was intended to go on.

    1957 September 28, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 615

    Synonyms: indifferent, pedestrian, unexceptional, average, comme ci comme ça, crappy, moderate, decent

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot inspiring.

Similar
indifferentpedestrianunexceptionalaveragecomme ci comme çacrappymoderatedecentindifferentlacklustermehmediocremidmiddlingno great shakesnothing to write home aboutnot worth writing home aboutOKokayishordinary

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedepressing to the spirit

Opposite
inspiring

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinspiring
  9. Englishuninspiring

From un- + inspiring.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 令人沮丧的, 不鼓舞人的
  • 令人沮丧的not inspiring
  • 不鼓舞人的not inspiring
Finnish mitäänsanomaton, hengetön
  • mitäänsanomatonnot inspiring
  • hengetönnot inspiring
  • latteanot inspiring
Māori wanakore
  • wanakorenot inspiring
Norwegian lite inspirerende, uinspirerende
  • lite inspirerendenot inspiring
  • uinspirerendenot inspiring
Polish nieinspirujący
  • nieinspirującynot inspiring

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with uninspiring

requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringtiringconspiringenquiringrewiringuntiringquiringperspiringmisfiringrehiringsiringattiringprehiringrefiring
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Cite this entry
APA

uninspiring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninspiring

MLA

“uninspiring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninspiring. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninspiring,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninspiring.

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