Definition of unenthusiasticnext

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Recent Examples of unenthusiastic Some advocacy groups are unenthusiastic. — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026 Cracker Barrel statement doesn't satisfy naysayers Reactions to the announcement were largely unenthusiastic, with many fans accusing the chain of ignoring their concerns and calling for a return to the old brand design. — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 Aug. 2025 There's only so much one can glean from the preseason, but performance reviews for Maye have been unenthusiastic at best. — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 And yet many people were unenthusiastic about the economy as a whole. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unenthusiastic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenthusiastic
Adjective
  • As Pate explains - seemingly every week - the JP Poll power rates teams based on whether or not they would be favored over another team on a neutral field according to oddsmakers in Vegas.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • These could include neutral-atom systems and superconducting qubits paired with transducers that convert microwave signals into light.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But could Cruise use his movie star promotion power to get himself into the best-actor Oscar competition, despite the film suffering from tepid reviews and a possibly paltry box office?
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s tepid comments sharply contrast with his more fulsome displays of support for Netanyahu in the past.
    — Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • China saw little advantage, no matter which party came out ahead, and engaged in only sloppy, halfhearted online propaganda.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But when Kore-eda’s execution isn’t as assured, as is the case with his latest, all that delicacy simply floats off into the ether, rarely amounting to much more than a halfhearted shrug.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Adjective
  • The apology was met with a lukewarm reaction from a public that had watched the rapper’s troubling antics and hateful statements for years.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The response was noticeably lukewarm, and Christian quickly dropped the effort.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Unenthusiastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenthusiastic. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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