He was a capable but unexceptional student with a habit of telling his teachers what he thought of them.

NEWYORKER: Net Impact

They were heavily influenced by the success of FoxSports, a once unexceptional Web site, after it cut a deal for prominent placement on Microsoft's msn network--and then saw traffic leap from 2.2 million to 10.4 million visitors per month.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In Linthorpe Road, an otherwise unexceptional shopping street, lies a more surprising example.

ECONOMIST: Middlesbrough

But it quickly became a mantra that the unsuspecting public applied equally to every aspect of life, using it as a justification for unexceptional, and even careless, behavior.

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The squad is now seen for what it is: a group of committed but unexceptional players, albeit enlivened, as with many collective English enterprises (governments, armies) by one dashing individual, the striker Wayne Rooney.

ECONOMIST: The intertwined fates of a people and their football team

The most important man in the American Energy Boom wears brown slacks and a checkered shirt and sits in a modest corner office with unexceptional views of downtown Houston and some forgettable art on the wall.

FORBES: Rich Kinder's Energy Kingdom

Dr Sen offers unexceptional solutions to ensure accuracy - newspapers should publish corrections (a few like The Hindu and Mint already do) and journalists should be given more training.

BBC: Why are India's media under fire?

Rooms of medieval and Renaissance art and a separate pavilion for Asian treasures are fine and absorbing, but unexceptional.

NEWYORKER: New Amsterdam

With unexceptional talent, Bruyneel managed to stay at the sport's highest levels with a superior grasp of strategy, planning, tactics and psychology.

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