This magical plant is actually a tropical variety that looks quite gangly and unimpressive for 364 days of the year.
He had a dumpy office and taught mostly unimpressive students.
He was no longer a nobody who choked at big events, like the 1988 Calgary Olympics, where he finished an unimpressive 10th.
According to the GAO, the FDA has never once pulled a drug off the market due to missing or unimpressive follow-up data.
Germany, despite an unimpressive recent record on development assistance, likes the idea of an FTT but only because it wants to use any money raised to reduce its budget deficit.
That's a surprisingly fast drop, given the unimpressive pace of concurrent GDP growth of about 2% to 3% annualized.
In government Mr Berlusconi's achievements have been unimpressive, given the power he has enjoyed.