UNIMPRESSIVE
ADJECTIVES
► BEAT-UP of unimpressive appearance; completely exhausted → World War II Amer. sl.
► DINKY unimpressive, trifling, insignificant → L19 N. Amer. colloq.
► NOTHING STARTLING unimpressive → 20C colloq.
► OFF THE WALL unimpressive → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMALL APPLES of little consequence; unimpressive → 1887 US sl.
NOUNS
► BOVRIL abuse, rubbish, nonsense, anything unimpressive → 1930 Aust. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► WALTER MITTY an unimpressive person who regularly has daydreams of glory → 1939 sl.
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