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词汇 unspectacular
释义 unspectacular
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.spekˈtæk.jə.lər/ us /ˌʌn.spekˈtæk.jə.lɚ/
not particularly good or great, and not causing much admiration or excitement:
He ran a solid, if unspectacular, operation.
Her progress was steady but unspectacular.
The result is thoroughly unspectacular.
Opposite
spectacular
The patient was making steady, if unspectacular, progress.
This was a relatively good (if unspectacular) performance.
After a solid but unspectacular start to her university career, her results improved and she graduated with a good degree.
The party's electoral successes were unspectacular.
Some of the meals were good, but most were unspectacular.
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unchallenging
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Quite good, or not very good

Examples of unspectacular


unspectacular
Power admitted that his military career was unspectacular.
The event, unspectacular when it occurs, requires a microscopic examination of the tune to establish it as a possible self-quotation.
We should confine aid to what is effective, even if it is limited and unspectacular.
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It depends on the cumulative effect of patient and unspectacular but unremitting work in almost every aspect of our national life.
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Quiet it may be and unspectacular; but it is quite definite, and it is constructive.
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Beside these plans of new works and construction, our efforts on the operational side may appear unspectacular.
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The solution may in many cases turn out to be just as unspectacular as the circumstances of accidents.
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I believe that to achieve disarmament is a matter of a long, uphill, unspectacular road.
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They may, perhaps, be regarded as very unspectacular.
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This is the "solid unspectacular groundwork of the past decade".
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Then we shall see the solid, unspectacular groundwork of the last decade really start to pay off.
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This may be undramatic and unspectacular, but it is more likely to make more progress along the road to world order and peace.
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Their role so far has been patient and unspectacular but it is being fulfilled.
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It has in fact achieved much useful if somewhat unspectacular work in the field of equipment collaboration, training and logistics, and in other specialised fields.
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This was a major task, although an unspectacular one.
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