Antonyms for unstimulating


Grammar : Adj
Spell : stim-yuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt


Definition of unstimulating

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.
  • As in bland : adj tasteless; undistinctive
Example sentences :
  • There is a rich variety of these kinds of food, and they are wholesome and unstimulating.
  • Extract from : « Plain Facts for Old and Young » by John Harvey Kellogg
  • He adhered, without wavering, to plain and unstimulating food, and to water for drink.
  • Extract from : « Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders » by William A. Alcott
  • I also recommended exercise in the open air, such as she could best endure; and withal, a plain, unstimulating diet.
  • Extract from : « Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders » by William A. Alcott
  • A lifetime of narrow, unstimulating years and thwarted instincts had made age treat her ill.
  • Extract from : « In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The truth is, that vegetable food is not only more quiet and unstimulating than any other, but it holds out longer also.
  • Extract from : « Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages » by William Andrus Alcott
  • In lieu of whisky, there was a beverage most innocuous, unstimulating and unpalatable to the army of dusky laborers.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. No. 23. » by Various
  • The diet should be plain and unstimulating, condiments being avoided and plenty of fresh vegetables taken, if possible.
  • Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen
  • Rest, low and unstimulating diet, will complete the requirements necessary to a speedy recovery.
  • Extract from : « Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 » by Barkham Burroughs
  • A cool, unstimulating vegetable and farinaceous diet may delay the development of the sexual system several months or a year.
  • Extract from : « Sex » by Henry Stanton
  • The thirst can be allayed by drinking cold water, barley-water, and other preparations of an unstimulating character.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) » by Calvin Cutter

Synonyms for unstimulating

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