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unexciting

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·ex·ci·ting /ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ◂/ adjective  ORDINARYordinary and slightly boring 平淡的;单调的;没劲的 After Tokyo, Okinawa seemed unexciting at first. 去过东京以后再到冲绳,一开始让人觉得有些乏味无聊。
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unexcitingThe food was adequate but unexciting.After a glittering military career, Des is ready for what will be a comparatively unexciting civilian life.Part of the answer lies in the unexciting fact that he is prepared to take on the jobs.Sounds like the perfect recipe for a dull, unexciting game to me!And if that sounds unexciting, I have had a life full of turbulence, and I don't need any more.I threw the last one's sketches across his office and told him: shoddy, unexciting, no thanks.He made no effort to take up the reasonable but unexciting offer made him by his newspaper on his return to London.
un·ex·ci·ting adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus ordinary slightly and boring


unexciting
unexciting /ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ◂/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: excitable, excited, excitingunexciting, excitable; noun: excitement, excitability; adverb: excitedly, excitingly; verb: excite
ordinary and slightly boring:
    After Tokyo, Okinawa seemed unexciting at first.


un·ex·cit·ingBrE /ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 adjectivenot interesting; boring 枯燥的;乏味的;无聊的 OPP exciting