What's the difference between unbelievable and unconvincing?

Unbelievable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is unbelievable that he would continue to say that, but he says it.
  • (2) An unbelievably convenient boost to demand in this country – and indeed to all economies that are major importers of oil – has come in the nick of electoral time from the halving of the world price of crude.
  • (3) 'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.
  • (4) The extensive surveillance, phone records and the evidence of the couriers made their denials unbelievable.
  • (5) It’s an unbelievable privilege and unbelievable responsibility to take a jewel and treat it in a way that is respectful of its past but brings it into the future.” Fortunately for both men, the signs are positive.
  • (6) Hotels are an easy option, often patronised by individuals who can be depicted as “unbelievers”, or representatives of the so-called Crusader-Zionist alliance so hated by the extremists, and usually poorly protected too.
  • (7) PhDs require funding, and veterinary nursing is unbelievably oversubscribed.
  • (8) "Unbelievable jobs numbers… these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers," he said on Twitter .
  • (9) Gravett and others who lived through DADT told the Guardian that so much had changed since the repeal, though the past feels unbelievable at times.
  • (10) "People seem shocked that we're going home, but what happened up there was unbelievable.
  • (11) While the search continued her son Adam Fawell, 29, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “The support we are getting from friends and family is unbelievable and the stuff that is going around generally is incredible and a little bit overwhelming.” Elaine McIver, 43 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Elaine McIver The family of Elaine McIver confirmed on Thursday that she had been killed in the blast on Monday.
  • (12) It was an unbelievable feeling,” Keating told Associated Press, adding she felt “totally blessed and loved” by the pope.
  • (13) Yes, Khodorkovsky has been very unlucky in his fate, but we, his compatriots, have been unbelievably lucky: the party of human dignity is today embodied by an individual who conducts himself in a model fashion and does not bend or break under pressure.
  • (14) Alfredo Serrano (@TheAlfrigerator) Papi is unbelievable.
  • (15) It was very strange, almost unbelievable," he says.
  • (16) Friedman said conservative social scientists and economists who testified for Michigan were "unbelievable" and "clearly represent a fringe viewpoint".
  • (17) Totally, unbelievably untrue, but it does create doubt and they just drive right through that.” The appearance, her fourth on the late-night talk show circuit after stints on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, also had lighter moments.
  • (18) Ftis said: “What I saw last night, it’s unbelievable.
  • (19) We are unbelievably sophisticated at that.” His most celebrated work, the remaking of Berlin’s bombed-out Neues Museum , which opened in 2009 after a decade of work he called “an unbelievably positive experience”, was based on a serious debate about meaning that he finds lacking in Britain.
  • (20) "The scene is just unbelievable," a witness told the Guardian.

Unconvincing


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) More problematic for Brown is that he has come to embody a government sufficiently unconvinced of its own case as to risk short-changing the armed forces at the front.
  • (2) Anthony Wells, director of YouGov’s political and social research team, said: “While there will be speculation about whether this movement is connected to the tragic death of Jo Cox, we do not think that it is... We are now in the final week of the referendum campaign and the swing back towards the status quo appears to be in full force.” EU referendum voters unconvinced by scare tactics: ‘I just want to do what’s right’ Read more Today, both sides will resume their battle to capture the votes of the undecided and to persuade people to switch sides, though both the Leave and Remain camps say that the manner of their campaigning will be more sober and less combative.
  • (3) David Cameron: smooth, smiley but unconvincing If Liam Byrne could turn back time, I think we all know which four words he wouldn’t write.
  • (4) Right up until the 79th minute, when the substitute Ramires pinged a 25-yard shot beyond Tim Krul, Chelsea were unconvincing.
  • (5) While Pochettino was undoubtedly unsettled by the departure of the club’s influential chief executive, Nicola Cortese, in January , he had been unconvinced that the owner, Katharina Liebherr, could match his own ambition with bids having been submitted for a number of key players.
  • (6) Patients who were placed in the apartment to help them gain insight into their disabilities remained unconvinced--the majority returning home despite advice.
  • (7) "However, we still need reassurances that GPs are not going to be pressed into acting as an arm of the Border Agency and we remain unconvinced that the proposals will work across the NHS."
  • (8) Many analysts remain unconvinced by the softer language.
  • (9) Then you put a TV camera on him and it’s like – boosh!” Mary is unconvinced.
  • (10) Nice simply asserting that is independent seems unconvincing.
  • (11) But some remain unconvinced about the affordability of an EE 4G service, which costs £36 a month for 500MB of data, the equivalent of streaming a single one-hour programme on iPlayer or making a two-hour Skype video call.
  • (12) To read more about the position of Irish churches on gay marriage, read here , this analysis on why that position may be unconvincing, and this piece on the priests who are urging their parishioners to vote yes.
  • (13) Rather Van Gaal’s outfit were winning how they were previously being defeated – narrowly and unconvincingly.
  • (14) The commonwealth faces a fight from state governments unconvinced of its income tax sharing plan, too.
  • (15) Huw Thomas, a director of Foster & Partners, says replacement habitats could be created elsewhere, but the RSPB is unconvinced.
  • (16) The cover art for the Cranberries' Bury the Hatchet (1999) was an evocation of paranoia – a giant eye bearing down on a crouching figure – that did neither band nor artist many favours; his image for Muse's Black Holes and Revelations (2006) amounted to a thin revival of his work for the Floyd that, if you were being generous, suggested a wry comment on that band's unconvincing attempts to revive the excesses of 1970s progressive rock.
  • (17) It was a migraine-inducing reminder of this team's fallibility, a position of relative authority having been surrendered wastefully; even attempts to salvage a point were rather unconvincing and laced with panic.
  • (18) But Khan is unconvinced about the effectiveness of staff mutuals.
  • (19) Rafa Benítez put it down to bad luck and a little “anxiety” in the final minutes but the truth is that there was also something a little unconvincing about the way Madrid attacked at times, lacking a little subtlety (lacking James Rodríguez most of all?).
  • (20) Taye Taiwo was allowed to encroach into their penalty box unhindered before his skidding shot went just wide, Yakubu Aiyegbeni's 25-yard pile-driver was fisted unconvincingly by Sergio Romero, and — not long before the end — the substitute Kalu Uche was able to exchange passes with Yakubu before looping his shot over from 12 yards.

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