unconvincing

adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,058 of 15,258leans written

Unconvincing means failing to make people believe it. An unconvincing excuse.

It judges the effect rather than the truth, so something true can be unconvincing. An unconvincing denial does more damage than saying nothing at all.

Definitions of unconvincing

1adjectiveunconvincingFailing to make people believe it.C1
“The explanation was unconvincing and the questions started again.”

unconvincing is a quality.

Where it comes from

From un- + convincing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

unconvincing in the wild

The film received negative reviews from film critics, who viewed it as a poorly written B movie with unconvincing special effects.
Parasite (1982 film)
Glottolog, which is based largely on Usher, however finds the connections between the two languages to be tenuous, and the connection to TNG unconvincing.
Duna–Pogaya languages
Under the leadership of Clive Rowlands, Wales won the opening two games, but were unconvincing in the second match against Boland.
1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
Despite unconvincing attempts to identify Crobyle with Cobrys, its site has not been located.
Crobyle
There have been unconvincing attempts to identify Cobrys with Crobyle.
Cobrys

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