convincing

[ kuh n-vin-sing ]

/ kənˈvɪn sɪŋ /

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adjective

persuading or assuring by argument or evidence: They gave a convincing demonstration of the car's safety features.

appearing worthy of belief; plausible: The excuse was not convincing.

Origin of convincing

First recorded in 1605–15; convince + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM convincing

con·vinc·ing·ly, adverb con·vinc·ing·ness, noun half-con·vinc·ing, adjective half-con·vinc·ing·ly, adverb

un·con·vinc·ing, adjective un·con·vinc·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby convincing

convict, convictfish, conviction, convictive, convince, convincing, convive, convivial, convo, convocation, convocator

Example sentences from the Web for unconvincing

Everything seemed too hackneyed or unconvincing or simply impossible.

A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi” |Manil Suri |March 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
This is the usual defense that these companies make and I just find it completely shallow and unconvincing.

The Internet Won’t Save Us: Evgeny Morozov’s Stand Against Technology Solutionism |Robert Herritt |March 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
For them, and for Romney, that tactic would have come across as unconvincing—because it was and is utterly untrue.

Romney’s Lame Speech Might Have Gone Better Had He Learned From Bush 1 and Al Gore |Robert Shrum |September 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The Ryan-Romney ticket has its answers, contrived and unconvincing.

How Obama Will Cash In on Paul Ryan: Medicare, Taxes, Education & More |Robert Shrum |August 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

The euro zone has tried its own brand of shock and awe, but it has been unconvincing, in size and philosophy.

Germany Must Pay Europe’s Tab If It Wants to Keep the Union Together |Louise Armitstead |June 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Well, certainly not after anything so short, simple, and unconvincing as that three minutes with the clergyman to-day.

Harriet and the Piper |Kathleen Norris
There is something so futile and unconvincing about an attempted description of an intangible thing.

Half Portions |Edna Ferber
She was perhaps forty; her hair was an unconvincing ash-blond; and if her chest was flat, her hips were ponderous.

Babbitt |Sinclair Lewis
They're so stodgy and unconvincing and as out-of-date as tunes in music.

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. |Charles L. Graves
Cazalet instanced the alleged hearing of the gong as in itself an unconvincing statement.

The Thousandth Woman |Ernest W. Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for unconvincing (1 of 2)

unconvincing

/ (ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋ) /

adjective

not credible or plausible

British Dictionary definitions for unconvincing (2 of 2)

convincing

/ (kənˈvɪnsɪŋ) /

adjective

credible or plausible

mainly law persuading by evidence or argument

Derived forms of convincing

convincingly, adverb convincingness, noun

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