<adj.all> unconvincing argument as unconvincing as a forced smile
having a probability too low to inspire belief
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The argument that there is evidence of a sustainable upturn is, therefore, unconvincing.' In view of this economic climate, the rise in profits did no more than justify maintaining the interim dividend at 1p.
Bork proved to be unconvincing, and the Senate rejected his nomination 58-42.
But the play, "Making Movies," which opened Tuesday at off-Broadway's Promenade Theater, is a mistake _ a flat, unconvincing comedy that stymies director Don Scardino and a cast of usually competent actors.
Few things are more excruciatingly unconvincing than the typical Hollywood lynch mob.
He presents contentious and unconvincing reinterpretations of "Big Two-Hearted River" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber."
The prime minister rightly charged that Labour's proposals for devolution are financially unconvincing.
But as a natural storyteller, she also knew that there's nothing as unconvincing, in fiction, as fleshless conviction.
At Ms. Goldmark's behest, he also undergoes an unconvincing personality transformation from stodgy lawyer to sexual athlete.
The evidence from the US is so far unconvincing.
'But Labour still looks totally unconvincing as a government and still ominous, with its hidden left waiting to pounce if they come to power.' Roland Adburgham will visit the voters again after the Conservative party conference next week.
His conversion from boring pastor to mighty warrior is unconvincing and seems unexpected.
They make Eleanor Bron's Gertrude look flat-footed and unconvincing.
It is biologically unconvincing that man is a uniquely resistant species."
Movie as metaphor fills one with dread and this section is the most pompous and unconvincing.
He still has to decide whether to continue to play out his unconvincing stereotype as the street punk, or settle instead for the more restful role of the serious singer songwriter.
His responses to the opposition's attacks were brittle and unconvincing. The prime minister's aides can point to opinion polls showing him a far more popular choice in the country than Mr Kinnock.
Prosper Avril in Haiti, finding it responsive to U.S. human rights demands but unconvincing about its commitment to free elections.
Here it is unconvincing.
But no character has been explored in depth. The performance, however, is excellent, apart from two of the most unconvincing stage slaps I have ever seen.
His financial relationship with a Japanese greenmailer, Kitaro Watanabe, makes his denials of greenmail intentions unconvincing.
He says he doesn't expect widespread abuse, though 'anyone who appears very unconvincing may have to explain the benefits of Tory policies'.
I meant to be generous, but comedy won't work unless you believe what you hear, and this was all so unconvincing that I couldn't even decide which side I was supposed to be on.
Despite such vast usage of DDI, Bristol's studies were sharply criticized as unconvincing by the FDA's panel and staff.