How to Use unconvincing in a Sentence

unconvincing

adjective
  • His arguments for changing the rules were unconvincing.
  • But that doesn’t mean their points are unconvincing.
    — Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Well, that’s a little bleak, but not so bleak as to be unconvincing.
    — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 12 Jan. 2018
  • As the lights came up, an old man dozed while a teenage boy and girl frisked nearby in an unconvincing body of water.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The genre mash-up leads to some surprising – and unconvincing – plot twists.
    — Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, 17 Dec. 2017
  • The time and date are accurate, and the place, but the rest of it is wholly unconvincing.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The time and date are accurate, and the place, but the rest of it is wholly unconvincing.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Loy, Porter’s lawyer, agreed that the witness was unconvincing.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • What once was certain has become an unconvincing maybe.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the clumsy staging turns this into an unconvincing dream.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Joshua Bassett’s Ricky is unconvincing in the role of someone who is okay with it.
    — Vulture, 26 July 2023
  • That renders the shifts between each mode unconvincing and abrupt, despite the stars’ best efforts.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Nov. 2022
  • For most of the show, Sugar comes off as unconvincing wish fulfillment.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Too many brides-to-be have made this unconvincing promise about her bridesmaid dresses, yet no one ever does reuse them.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 7 July 2017
  • But the suits argue that the theory has always been unconvincing.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • His voice was joyous, his smile was infectious, but his words were as unconvincing as his team’s performance.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Plus of course, most of the other pre-season usual suspects have looked equally unconvincing.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Moreover, claims by countries such as Kenya that coal is needed for baseload power are unconvincing.
    — The Economist, 25 July 2019
  • Since their huge win at San Siro against Inter, Juve have been unconvincing as of late.
    — SI.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Jurors found those claims unconvincing.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Thompson’s performance is fine, but the chemistry between the leads is stiff and unconvincing.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Reports of live animals were vague and unconvincing, leaving the whale's habits and even its markings a mystery.
    — National Geographic, 10 Feb. 2016
  • The time for hiccups and unconvincing wins against Nordic opposition is over.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Yet success can become strangely unconvincing in midlife.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • The measures announced to ensure the Games take place safely are unconvincing.
    — Star Tribune, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Players took turns blasting the Astros for their trash can banging scheme and unconvincing apologies.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2020
  • While there will be calls for Aaron Ramsdale to be restored, his shot-stopping has been equally unconvincing.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Action and atmosphere are too poorly supplied for this stab at a noirish retro thriller to emerge as anything but talky, awkward and unconvincing.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In a recent memoir, Drew Gilpin Faust makes an unconvincing case for her worldview.
    — Mark Moyar, National Review, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The government has no shortage of studies to point to, but Pramesh and others dismiss them as unconvincing.
    — Priyanka Pulla, Science | AAAS, 15 Oct. 2020

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