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▲
Very slender or fine
Subject to dispute or questions
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
Failing to convince or impress
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
Of unsound structure, easily damaged or destroyed
Barely perceptible to the senses
Transient, not permanent in nature
Not clearly visible or attracting attention
Susceptible to illness or adverse conditions
Lean, thin, and having little flesh
Lacking in originality, variation, spirit or energy
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Very slender or fine
fine
attenuated
delicate
gossamer
slender
slight
thin
fragile
slim
airy
ethereal
narrow
reedy
twiggy
frail
flimsy
remote
improbable
unlikely
outside
doubtful
implausible
faint
dubious
inconceivable
off
distant
fanciful
iffy
unthinkable
unimaginable
weak
unbelievable
far-fetched
not likely
hundred-to-one
difficult to believe
not expected
light
gossamery
fluffy
insubstantial
feeble
diaphanous
dainty
vague
poor
exiguous
exquisite
filmy
elegant
subtle
refined
graceful
vaporous
beautiful
lovely
feathery
wispy
weightless
floaty
hairline
soft
slimline
needlelike
skinny
ultrathin
paper-thin
slim-jim
minute
more ❯
“The forests were joined by
tenuous
strands of green that snaked across the cleared fields.”
Adjective
▲
Subject to dispute or questions
weak
doubtful
dubious
flimsy
insubstantial
questionable
shaky
nebulous
sketchy
fragile
vague
hazy
insignificant
suspect
unspecific
indefinite
indeterminate
unconvincing
unsubstantiated
unsound
unreliable
iffy
unsupported
dodgy
unreasonable
uncertain
unclear
false
implausible
undependable
disputable
debatable
dubitable
unfounded
spurious
ungrounded
specious
fishy
untrue
groundless
untrustworthy
baseless
obscure
rocky
risky
open to doubt
fallible
open to question
imprecise
conjectural
suspicious
defective
speculative
arguable
wrong
illogical
equivocal
fallacious
erroneous
shady
ill-founded
unproven
unwarranted
inaccurate
foundationless
improbable
uncorroborated
unlikely
unjustified
unconfirmed
unverified
doubtable
invalid
chancy
disreputable
nonvalid
incorrect
mistaken
deceptive
flawed
unattested
controversial
untenable
problematical
unestablished
problematic
queer
flakey
US
pseudo
unstable
flaky
UK
sham
unsubstantial
incongruous
suppositive
suppositious
far-fetched
fabricated
misleading
untruthful
wide of the mark
off-target
without basis
without foundation
not backed up by evidence
controvertible
contentious
borderline
vulnerable
moot
issuable
precarious
approximate
rough
slight
in doubt
negotiable
insecure
perilous
untested
falsified
fake
unsure
indecisive
open to debate
open to suspicion
subject to debate
unsettled
faulty
dicey
misguided
gratuitous
misinformed
not reliable
not dependable
nonrational
illegitimate
unreasoning
irrational
feeble
bottomless
hollow
sophistic
incredible
unreal
misty
fantastic
unbacked
casuistic
inconsequent
inconsequential
unbelievable
ambiguous
preposterous
outlandish
easily threatened
uncalled-for
absurd
trumped-up
trumped up
off-base
exaggerated
unapt
indistinct
unimaginable
fanciful
impossible
assailable
bizarre
outrageous
extravagant
embellished
indescribable
nonsensical
inconceivable
overblown
sensational
unrealistic
laughable
hyperbolic
farcical
farfetched
spectacular
incoherent
confused
tall
muddled
opaque
embroidered
distorted
contradictory
imponderable
unformed
unpersuasive
ludicrous
muddy
beyond belief
hard to swallow
inchoate
unformulated
ill-defined
cock and bull
blown up
off the wall
self-contradictory
hard to define
impalpable
mysterious
hard to describe
unjustifiable
presumed
assumed
not validated
hard to believe
undecided
unresolved
open
up in the air
contestable
disputed
undetermined
in question
mootable
in dispute
open to discussion
pending
touch-and-go
up for discussion
puzzling
marginal
enigmatic
inconclusive
cryptic
unknown
hypothetical
betwixt and between
bone of contention
the jury's out
at issue
contested
tentative
between sixes and sevens
between rock and hard place
vexed
unconcluded
unanswered
yet to be decided
theoretical
in the balance
suppositional
unpredictable
academic
shonky
notional
clouded
supposed
exceptionable
putative
theoretic
postulated
contended
presupposed
academical
suspected
contingent
under suspicion
conditional
not kosher
on ice
unsolved
on the back burner
to be decided
tricky
paradoxical
unsafe
challenging
outstanding
unascertained
ambivalent
sub judice
perplexing
riddling
inexplicit
enigmatical
unintelligible
clear as dishwater
tenebrous
far from certain
unprovable
up for grabs
unclassifiable
apocryphal
undefined
inexact
not yet established
a live issue
a moot point
a controversial subject
in limbo
occult
a matter of opinion
funny
odd
at risk
not obvious
not definite
under examination
open for discussion
not yet settled
up for debate
under advisement
yet to be settled
ridiculous
abstract
inferred
untrusted
ignored
neglected
surmised
not quite right
potentially dangerous
potentially false
unquestioned
unnoticed
unrefuted
unchallenged
postulational
ideational
guesstimated
figured
reputed
guessing
surmising
erratic
hesitant
capricious
whimsical
fluctuant
incalculable
based on guesswork
on a hunch
on a long shot
disputatious
in lap of gods
in the lap of the gods
divisive
delicate
sensitive
difficult
polemical
conjectured
emotive
provocative
tendentious
polemic
awkward
debateable
imaginary
debated
hot
under discussion
notorious
hot-button
heated
presumptive
conjecturable
imagined
assumptive
concocted
provisory
stochastic
proposed
made up
more ❯
“This is because it has only a
tenuous
link to any empirical base.”
Adjective
▲
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
fine
subtle
narrow
nuanced
abstruse
distinct
elusive
faint
hairsplitting
obscure
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
fine-spun
impalpable
petty
recondite
strict
tiny
trifling
fine-drawn
finespun
hair-splitting
delicate
minute
refined
dainty
intricate
exquisite
nice
airy
precise
hairline
exact
soft
overnice
detailed
sophisticated
minuscule
ultra-fine
“There is a
tenuous
distinction between being genuinely articulate and word salad.”
Adjective
▲
Failing to convince or impress
feeble
weak
poor
unconvincing
implausible
flimsy
inadequate
lame
pathetic
thin
unbelievable
incredible
unpersuasive
paltry
inconceivable
shallow
questionable
improbable
untenable
superficial
meagre
UK
meager
US
insubstantial
tame
indecisive
sketchy
vapid
flat
half-hearted
unsubstantial
unreasonable
frail
groundless
unsatisfactory
timorous
unenthusiastic
unsound
illogical
timid
spiritless
fragile
false
fallacious
gentle
mild
frivolous
slight
baseless
airy
inane
wishful
ungrounded
weakly
full of holes
faint-hearted
wishy-washy
low-key
insufficient
threadbare
weak-kneed
moderate
faint
light
controvertible
erroneous
unsupported
lily-livered
unbacked
trifling
assailable
contemptible
lacking substance
ill-founded
inept
preposterous
vague
flawed
irrational
dubious
faulty
nonsensical
unlikely
inconclusive
unsubstantiated
suspect
far-fetched
absurd
contradictory
nebulous
doubtful
ludicrous
farfetched
spurious
incongruous
hollow
unsustainable
invalid
unsupportable
shaky
specious
irreconcilable
puzzling
obscure
senseless
impossible
indefensible
fishy
fantastic
nonrational
reachy
vain
unfounded
unreasoned
inconsequent
illegitimate
inconsequential
unreasoning
fatuous
nutty
unimpressive
wacky
problematic
off the wall
won't hold water
won't wash
self-contradictory
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
meagre
UK
meager
US
scanty
scant
sparse
paltry
scarce
small
insufficient
inadequate
poor
skimpy
measly
inconsiderable
slight
exiguous
deficient
insubstantial
slim
stingy
slender
spare
light
little
sparing
short
inappreciable
skimp
wanting
weak
miserable
puny
mean
flimsy
derisory
bare
minimum
shabby
barren
scrimpy
unfinished
unproductive
subtle
mere
infertile
scrimp
unfruitful
bitty
lacking
stinted
stunted
hand-to-mouth
too little too late
negligible
limited
low
miserly
tiny
piddling
trivial
insignificant
trifling
modest
minimal
thin
unsubstantial
frugal
nominal
ungenerous
restricted
picayune
nugatory
piffling
mingy
incidental
smallish
few
little bitty
petty
feeble
pathetic
pitiful
inconsequential
unsatisfactory
shy
beggarly
incomplete
narrow
confined
thin on the ground
bereft
destitute
hardly any
out of gas
deprived
devoid
not much
faint
little or no
sporadic
reduced
lean
rare
marginal
infrequent
few and far between
in short supply
scattered
uncommon
minute
diminished
hard to come by
at a premium
occasional
piddly
infinitesimal
failing
hard to find
imperceptible
too little
tight
dwindling
poxy
base
dinky
depleted
lowly
subnormal
like gold dust
unusual
pitiable
contemptible
too few
middling
token
straggling
fractional
not enough
mediocre
unfrequent
not to be had
not to be had for love nor money
odd
minor
low in numbers
sketchy
intermittent
disappointing
irregular
missing
unaccustomed
sorry
isolated
wretched
exceptional
seldom
cut
spasmodic
minuscule
economical
unsufficient
lamentable
semioccasional
unwonted
diddly
out of the common
out of the ordinary
seldom seen
seldom met with
no more than
substandard
niggling
worthless
valueless
thinning
lousy
despicable
ordinary
too small
inferior
microscopic
basal
close
on the small side
fragmentary
very little
less
barely sufficient
short-handed
low on
short on
shoddy
vague
humble
running low
gentle
next to no
run-down
truncated
threatened
shortened
seldom found
next to none
scarcer than hen's teeth
very small
in the minority
dispersed
scrubby
widely spaced
at a low level
with an insufficiency
jejune
defective
absolute
erratic
uncustomary
thinly distributed
just
very
only
unlikely
aberrated
aberrant
abnormal
aperiodic
atypical
anomalous
episodic
discontinuous
casual
episodical
with too little …
wanting in
with too few …
lacking in
outré
nothing more than
periodical
periodic
rarefied
no better than
only a
just a
fitful
surprising
unconventional
uncharacteristic
unexpected
plain
unorthodox
unique
unheard of
sometime
stray
moderate
restrained
temperate
austere
ascetic
spartan
simple
once in a blue moon
as scarce as hens' teeth
without
bankrupt
denuded
void
imperfect
inept
not okay
not up to par
objectionable
less-than-stellar
unacceptable
displeasing
found wanting
laughable
dissatisfactory
not good enough
second-rate
undesirable
unworthy
less than ideal
not acceptable
lame
bare of
empty of
devoid of
free from
bereft of
denuded of
vacant of
deficient in
destitute of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of unsound structure, easily damaged or destroyed
feeble
weak
brittle
breakable
fragile
vulnerable
unsound
crumbly
frangible
friable
decrepit
ramshackle
insubstantial
smashable
splintery
destroyable
destructible
disintegrating
fracturable
shatterable
crumbling
decaying
dodgy
frail
easily broken
falling to pieces
easily destroyed
delicate
flimsy
fine
dainty
insecure
unstable
eggshell
crispy
crisp
flakey
US
flaky
UK
embrittled
brickle
shattery
easily damaged
rickety
crunchy
short
light
slight
jerry-built
shaky
wobbly
tottery
vitreous
makeshift
gimcrack
wonky
shoddy
shivery
soft
teetery
unsubstantial
badly built
thrown together
shortcrust
precarious
tender
brashy
deteriorated
deteriorating
powdery
granular
pulverulent
pulverizable
fatty
crusty
dry
al dente
well cooked
well done
lightweight
thin
floaty
gauzy
sheer
hard
gossamer
wispy
finespun
rigid
inelastic
gossamery
filmy
diaphanous
translucent
transparent
see-through
wafer-thin
unsteady
defective
cheap
superficial
rinkydink
house of cards
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Barely perceptible to the senses
subtle
impalpable
imperceptible
indistinguishable
slight
minute
undetectable
small
fine
inappreciable
indiscernible
unnoticeable
indistinct
faint
unapparent
inconspicuous
indefinite
vague
unperceivable
imperceivable
illusive
elusive
implied
sheer
undistinguishable
attenuate
ethereal
inferred
attenuated
thin
barely visible
hard to make out
tiny
microscopic
infinitesimal
invisible
insensible
inaudible
minuscule
ephemeral
inconsiderable
gradual
insignificant
intangible
negligible
shadowy
unobtrusive
trivial
nanoscopic
imponderable
evanescent
inconsequential
momentary
unobservable
obscure
impossible to detect
vestigial
unclear
light
barely perceptible
odorless
US
indetectable
untraceable
stunted
shrunken
token
hidden
undiscernible
odourless
UK
teeny-weeny
teensy-weensy
unseeable
undetected
unrevealed
unviewable
not visible
teeny
wee
fuzzy
hazy
atomic
misty
blurry
dim
itsy-bitsy
nebulous
foggy
itty-bitty
bleary
weensy
microscopical
teensy
miniature
eensy-weensy
bitsy
microminiature
bitty
weeny
murky
extremely small
titchy
little-bitty
very small
tiddly
gauzy
diminutive
little bitty
little
blear
opaque
pale
undefined
undetermined
invisible to the naked eye
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Transient, not permanent in nature
elusive
transient
brief
fleeting
momentary
temporary
transitory
ephemeral
passing
evanescent
fugitive
volatile
non-permanent
not permanent
short-lived
fugacious
impermanent
deciduous
flash
here today and gone tomorrow
short-term
short
flitting
quick
fading
flying
cursory
fly-by-night
limited
meteoric
unstable
temporal
perishable
swift
hasty
fast
shifting
summary
little
rapid
interim
overnight
mortal
provisional
provisory
makeshift
acting
stopgap
vanishing
substitute
instantaneous
temp
unfixed
alternate
changeable
rushed
slapdash
pro tem
make-do
ad hoc
pro tempore
band-aid
lightning
acute
mutable
moving
hurried
perfunctory
supply
flashing
sudden
ad interim
abrupt
short and sweet
vaporous
curtailed
for the time being
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
wee
short-range
unenduring
flash in the pan
small
erratic
intervening
quickie
succinct
infinitesimal
short-lasting
fly by night
present
short and sharp
inconstant
episodic
insubstantial
flighty
here-today-gone-tomorrow
short-run
here today, gone tomorrow
impulsive
of short duration
short-haul
gone in a heartbeat
over in a heartbeat
provisionary
instant
immediate
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not clearly visible or attracting attention
inconspicuous
unobtrusive
muted
discreet
unostentatious
modest
quiet
unnoticeable
unassuming
subtle
retiring
invisible
unseen
unimposing
faint
hidden
unspectacular
backstage
indistinct
insignificant
secretive
shy
concealed
inobtrusive
unnoticed
camouflaged
dim
unemphatic
low-key
low-profile
in the background
behind the scenes
soft-pedalled
out of the limelight
out of the spotlight
out of the public eye
plain
having
unconspicuous
ordinary
obscure
imperceptible
unremarkable
subdued
understated
restrained
unpretentious
downbeat
sober
conservative
repressed
simple
toned down
toned-down
low-keyed
soft
minimalist
unflashy
out of sight
played down
circumspect
relaxed
tasteful
unfussy
bland
softened
muffled
neutral
silent
sombre
UK
somber
US
unshowy
unglamorous
reserved
soft-pedaled
easygoing
modulated
loose
laid-back
light
played-down
mild
easy-going
flat
tame
dull
soft-sell
self-effacing
lacklustre
UK
nondescript
lackluster
US
vague
delicate
gentle
pale
tempered
slight
moderated
unsubstantial
stifled
indefinite
negligible
mellow
insinuated
lowered
indirect
suggestive
feeble
enervated
washed out
delicately complex
hardly noticeable
hardly detectable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Susceptible to illness or adverse conditions
delicate
frail
feeble
weak
debilitated
sickly
ailing
infirm
fragile
unhealthy
weakly
indisposed
languid
tender
weakened
enervated
enfeebled
ill
incapacitated
sapped
crippled
doddering
failing
faint
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
poor
shaky
slight
unsound
valetudinarian
wimpish
wimpy
asthenic
effete
lame
low
nesh
poorly
prostrate
prostrated
sensitive
susceptible
unwell
vitiated
wasted
decrepit
doddery
meagre
UK
meager
US
pathetic
sapless
strengthless
trembly
unsubstantial
down-and-out
in poor health
soft
softened
sick
invalid
rickety
exhausted
diseased
peaked
run down
declining
run-down
tottering
bedridden
down
crook
puny
helpless
fatigued
below par
tottery
drained
weakling
wobbly
worn out
suffering
rocky
defective
sickened
under the weather
anemic
US
sick as a dog
peaky
bad
anaemic
UK
weak-kneed
queasy
powerless
washed out
out of shape
nauseated
qualmish
weedy
etiolated
unstable
spent
undermined
flagging
faded
tired
disordered
infected
flimsy
unnerved
woozy
easily damaged
feverish
impaired
incurable
devitalized
anile
not so hot
under medication
imperfect
confined
in a bad way
hospitalized
US
broken down
deteriorated
sickish
spineless
unsteady
insubstantial
insecure
unfit
nerveless
invertebrate
out of gas
punk
characterless
wet
dizzy
rundown
laid-up
hospitalised
UK
dying
wishy-washy
limp-wristed
stricken
off-colour
UK
off-color
US
off colour
out of action
out of sorts
laid up
laid low
milk-and-water
out of condition
namby-pamby
breakable
dainty
light
hindered
encumbered
hampered
emasculated
drooping
yielding
aged
weary
scrawny
depleted
faltering
diminished
washed-out
withered
atrophied
deteriorating
wilted
haggard
degenerative
ravaged
impotent
played out
trembling
shilpit
flat
rendered feeble
in declining health
limp
splenetic
forceless
debile
spindly
pallid
sinking
reduced
pale
brittle
paralyzed
US
done in
rusty
paralysed
UK
off
grim
dragging
vulnerable
on the sick list
wretched
not oneself
not healthy
under par
unsafe
in ill health
in poor shape
ill-looking
in poor condition
in a decline
allergic
without energy
unreliable
rotten
funny
green
lousy
mean
gone to seed
on the ropes
nauseous
easily harmed
dangerous
chronically ill
always ill
often ill
laid-low
queazy
not solid
not safe
not robust
queer
queerish
upset
unsettled
vertiginous
squeamish
sick to one's stomach
languishing
not well
in bad health
wasting away
feeling awful
down with
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Adjective
▲
Lean, thin, and having little flesh
meager
US
skinny
scrawny
bony
lean
scraggy
angular
emaciated
gaunt
lank
gangling
lanky
gangly
rawboned
beanpole
beanstalk
starved
willowy
underfed
lithe
withered
narrow
bare
broomstick
little
rattleboned
hungry
skin and bones
very thin
skeletal
pinched
thin
spindly
wasted
haggard
cadaverous
spare
attenuated
slim
slender
rangy
undernourished
underweight
weedy
shrivelled
UK
shriveled
US
twiggy
skin-and-bones
raw-boned
size-zero
puny
slight
reedy
stalky
wizened
fragile
twiglike
featherweight
stick
macilent
anorexic
delicate
rickety
slinky
small
rarefied
threadlike
fleshless
lightweight
attenuate
wan
ethereal
peaked
looking like a bag of bones
all skin and bones
thin as a rail
drawn
weak
stringy
gawky
tall
hollow-cheeked
stick-like
thin as a rake
starveling
like a bag of bones
spindle-shanked
as thin as a rake
skin and bone
as thin as a reed
frail
undersized
feeble
underdeveloped
shadow
stilt
subtle
pole
over-thin
slightly built
pint-sized
hollow-eyed
raddled
lantern-jawed
stilted
spindling
extenuated
peaky
without an ounce of fat
skeleton
deathlike
looking like death warmed up
long-legged
leggy
loose-jointed
svelte
sylphlike
light
meagre
UK
gracile
anorectic
boney
fatless
ultrathin
waifish
sticklike
scraggly
like a skeleton
like a matchstick
shrunken
skeletonlike
atrophied
famished
phthisical
half-starved
thin as rail
wiry
long-limbed
awkward
sapped
skin-and-bone
waiflike
etiolated
sallow
lissom
ungainly
inelegant
uncoordinated
trim
insubstantial
ungraceful
lumbering
graceless
loosely built
loosely jointed
wraithlike
taut
sharp
sinewy
worn to a shadow
ghastly
ghostly
no fat
consumptive
lymphatic
graceful
shadowy
dead
stark
sickly
snake-hipped
clean-limbed
corpse-like
bag of bones
malnourished
unco
drained
like a rail
thread-like
refined
extended
thinned
lengthened
slimmed
like death warmed up
deathly
elongated
stretched out
thinned down
spun out
drawn out
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Adjective
▲
Lacking in originality, variation, spirit or energy
insipid
boring
dull
banal
dry
tedious
unimaginative
prosaic
vapid
characterless
stale
tame
trite
uninteresting
wearisome
jejune
unexciting
uninspired
uninspiring
weak
anaemic
UK
commonplace
drab
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
limp
lustreless
monotonous
pointless
stupid
tired
wishy-washy
colourless
UK
humdrum
lifeless
pedestrian
run-of-the-mill
tiresome
bloodless
hackneyed
half-hearted
ho-hum
inadequate
lame
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
poor
sterile
barren
bland
flat
hacky
prosy
spiritless
anemic
US
arid
beige
blah
colorless
US
corny
drivelling
UK
driveling
US
dry as dust
fatuous
feeble
inane
innocuous
mundane
nebbish
nothing
plain
slight
soft
subdued
vacuous
weariful
common or garden
dreary
stodgy
heavy
tiring
slow
leaden
stuffy
ponderous
drudging
jading
old
routine
weary
wearying
monochromatic
numbing
ordinary
mind-numbing
uneventful
unremarkable
dusty
dead
nondescript
soulless
mediocre
common
vanilla
pallid
torpid
ho hum
bromidic
featureless
unvaried
passionless
listless
watery
unexceptional
wooden
apathetic
undistinguished
unanimated
unstimulating
workaday
gray
US
grey
UK
nowhere
indifferent
draggy
zestless
everyday
zero
pathetic
antiseptic
quotidian
pale
languid
repetitious
samey
usual
ineffectual
unmemorable
frail
dim
vacant
dull as dishwater
etiolated
stiff
spineless
effete
plodding
average
wimpish
unoriginal
emotionless
wimpy
lusterless
inoffensive
conventional
ineffective
weakling
platitudinous
weakened
empty
enervated
wet
derivative
nerveless
invertebrate
soporific
mechanical
matter-of-fact
pabulum
middle-of-the-road
deadly
sapless
big yawn
dullsville
dreich
plain vanilla
unfeeling
cold
run of the mill
neutral
lethargic
unappealing
limp-wristed
muted
tasteless
lackadaisical
nothing to write home about
weak-kneed
expressionless
sluggish
wan
normal
hollow
threadbare
unemotional
uninterested
plebeian
flat tire
irksome
inexpressive
unchanging
monochrome
faint
tepid
well-worn
non-stimulating
fatiguing
simple
depressing
ornery
unentertaining
unenjoyable
unvarying
yawnsome
lacking variety
garden-variety
puny
washed out
lacking excitement
lacking interest
desiccated
toneless
worn-out
impersonal
clinical
flavourless
UK
stereotyped
flavorless
US
vigourless
halfhearted
frigid
unpalatable
interminable
pasty
institutional
dispassionate
unresponsive
uncreative
stock
unpassioned
unlively
unadventurous
derived
uninventive
unromantic
cowardly
weedy
ashen
moth-eaten
predictable
safe
sallow
white
sickly
quiet
blank
unimpressive
unnoteworthy
waxen
yawn
deadpan
damp
peaky
undistinctive
anodyne
repetitive
lacking vitality
desolate
typical
uniform
square
wussy
downcast
peakish
unrelieved
lacking variation
bog-standard
dull as ditchwater
milky
unspirited
prolix
dismal
whitish
soul-destroying
white-bread
lymphatic
deadening
unembellished
unadorned
ashen-faced
clean
light-coloured
UK
peely-wally
light-colored
US
inhuman
no great shakes
old hat
a dime a dozen
like death warmed up
unimpassioned
usual thing
familiar
long-winded
inferior
second-rate
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
bomb
unexceptionable
impotent
powerless
uninviting
sombre
UK
somber
US
lacking in vitality
unpleasant
unattractive
disagreeable
least
Milquetoast
mindless
labored
US
laboured
UK
unobjectionable
unartistic
harmless
unimpressed
unmoved
heavy-handed
mainstream
stilted
diluted
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
dulled
drippy
laborious
bleak
dowdy
disinterested
unenthusiastic
overlong
not appealing
boiled down
without punch
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
sorrowful
oppressive
windy
not up to much
unseasoned
whitebread
blind
unfateful
indecisive
noneventful
inconclusive
wintery
UK
sleepy
day-to-day
meager
US
dragging
enervating
mortal
exhausting
poky
snooze
generic
meagre
UK
casual
unenthused
blasé
forced
depressed
phoned in
indistinct
vigorless
languorous
energyless
garden
facile
dumb
customary
banausic
regular
endless
standard
lead balloon
unenergetic
treadmill
monotone
garden variety
passive
null
nonchalant
bog standard
backward
blending into the background
deadly dull
thin
static
stagnant
backwoods
comatose
not fun
long-drawn-out
lacking in character
terrestrial
slothful
insensitive
shallow
glib
superficial
depthless
meaningless
artificial
lowly
hazy
one-horse
straightforward
joyless
lank
spent
formulaic
passable
low-grade
so-so
stereotypical
businesslike
glazed
two-dimensional
behind the times
dead-and-alive
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
numb
cut-and-dry
lacking energy
nitty-gritty
insignificant
impassive
unsympathetic
inert
washed-out
unimposing
nothing special
without depth
one-dimensional
benumbed
callous
numbed
stony
asleep
lukewarm
glassy
senseless
anesthetized
US
anaesthetised
UK
paralyzed
US
still
paralysed
UK
simpering
indistinctive
faceless
noncommittal
timeworn
boneless
overused
hack
clichéd
shopworn
overworked
folksy
humble
inelaborate
pure and simple
unpretentious
normophilic
homely
uncluttered
unornamented
austere
rustic
your basic
modest
unostentatious
uncomplicated
unelaborate
elementary
undecorated
musty
cliche
hackney
obligatory
cobwebby
cliché
candy-assed
mawkish
faded
out of the ark
played out
warmed-over
warmed-up
worn out
cliché-ridden
past their sell-by date
middling
fair
set
habitual
medium
tolerable
accustomed
general
OK
adequate
cornball
half-pie
traditional
moderate
fair-to-middling
frequent
ubiquitous
run-of-the-mine
popular
wonted
time-worn
established
not so hot
hokey
run-of-mine
prevailing
decent
forgettable
prevalent
familiar tune
second-class
worn
fairish
ready-made
natural
bathetic
household
truistic
cliched
amateur
amateurish
exhausted
overdone
drained
mildewed
chain
accepted
orthodox
used-up
okay
not much cop
dime-store
fair to middling
stereotypic
characteristic
platitudinal
mean
all right
homespun
archetypical
not bad
acceptable
satisfactory
respectable
inconspicuous
sufficient
universal
classic
recognized
US
archetypal
staple
representative
expected
dime-a-dozen
ten a penny
hoary
par for the course
recognised
UK
widespread
current
intermediate
serviceable
good
not very good
basic
well worn
classical
regulation
standardized
US
daily
fixed
settled
going
good enough
proverbial
typic
standardised
UK
overall
bush-league
pervasive
presentable
inconsequential
reasonable
public
majority
O.K.
fairly good
plastic
nothing to get excited about
sufficiently good
acknowledged
fine
moderately good
true
chronic
goodish
pretty good
matter-of-course
time-honoured
antiquated
obsolete
suburban
allowable
unimportant
comfortable
admissible
meh
tidy
domestic
immaterial
median
trivial
ruling
boilerplate
midway
endemic
old-hat
middle
inconsiderable
rife
jake
rampant
shared
prescriptive
midsize
midsized
anonymous
unsophisticated
nothing out of the ordinary
proper
not too bad
of no consequence
received
unspectacular
up to standard
native
two a penny
off-the-shelf
time-honored
silly
unnoticeable
menial
formalistic
outdated
extensive
outmoded
tripe
annoying
irritating
boiler plate
collective
slack
no big deal
practical
out-of-date
periodic
considerable
enough
workday
admitted
vieux jeu
fair enough
boresome
vexatious
played-out
old-chestnut
old-saw
scheduled
outworn
family
informal
limited
imitative
noticeable
goodly
sizable
generous
worthwhile
abundant
substantial
sizeable
biggish
significant
appreciable
marked
diurnal
constant
familial
ongoing
acquired
honored
US
passé
predominant
pervading
plain-Jane
unextraordinary
straight
useless
readily available
widely available
canned
formal
domiciliary
prototypical
recurrent
nothing to shout about
barely adequate
irrelevant
paltry
seasonal
methodical
antwacky
grind
known
repeated
numerous
in use
fuddy-duddy
cut and dried
piddling
worthless
quintessential
broad
whatever
reiterated
turgid
honoured
UK
well established
vulgar
widely held
samely
monotonic
unchanged
signature
puts one to sleep
all the same
without variety
sing-song
flat as pancake
well-known
acquainted
defunct
mid
medial
in-between
of little consequence
of little importance
not worth mentioning
of no importance
of no great concern
of no account
model
ideal
presentational
prototypal
intermediary
halfway
out of date
unspecial
random
non-specific
recognizable
US
recurring
unaspiring
unambitious
ample
canonical
one-size-fits-all
mediate
central
midmost
inherent
symptomatic
consistent
across the board
common variety
well known
recognisable
UK
neither one thing nor the other
par
medium-sized
middle-sized
unfussy
unshowy
restrained
anticipated
foreseeable
indicative
foreseen
reliable
emblematic
bought
distinctive
likely
unsurprising
idiosyncratic
steady
distinguishing
livable
better than nothing
unimpeachable
store
true to form
in keeping
to be expected
only to be expected
individualistic
in character
on the cards
… all over
true to type
off-the-rack
mass-produced
off-the-peg
store-bought
traditionary
proven
ritual
suitable
confirmed
staid
competent
appropriate
agreeable
ritualistic
ceremonial
fit
solid
alright
palatable
sound
conformist
valid
convenient
commensurate
fitting
correct
assuaging
assuasive
appeasing
sufficing
favourite
UK
favorite
US
tried and true
doctrinal
widely used
taken for granted
rooted
tried and tested
sanctioned
immemorial
prescribed
up to par
up to the mark
swell
up to snuff
pleasant
completely understandable
kosher
snug
up to scratch
A-OK
quite good
in order
totally fine
middle of the road
superabundant
cheap and commonplace
most common
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