unpersuasive

«unpersuasive» in Mova's school dictionary: not good at making people believe or agree with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unpersuasive)

meaning for a pupil

Unpersuasive means not good at making people believe or agree with something; not convincing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons: persuasive writing and debating need strong reasons and evidence; an argument without them is unpersuasive. In everyday life: an unpersuasive excuse. It tells the reader the argument did not work.

examples

• His excuse that the dog ate his homework was unpersuasive. tree →
• The advert was colourful but unpersuasive. tree →
• Give evidence, or your argument will be unpersuasive. tree →
• The judge found the story unpersuasive. tree →
• Shouting louder doesn't make an unpersuasive point stronger. tree →
• The team's case for no homework was unpersuasive. tree →

note

Opposite: «persuasive». Close to «unconvincing», which is the more common word.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unpersuasive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.