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# unpersuasive

adjective (unpersuasive)

«unpersuasive» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Unpersuasive means not good at making people believe or agree with something; not convincing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/#x1)
- The advert was colourful but unpersuasive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/#x2)
- Give evidence, or your argument will be unpersuasive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/#x3)
- The judge found the story unpersuasive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/#x4)
- Shouting louder doesn't make an unpersuasive point stronger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/#x5)
- The team's case for no homework was unpersuasive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unpersuasive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpersuasive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unpersuasive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unpersuasive.html) on Mova free.