Now, however, the prime virtue of it seemed to be lessened: it was all muddled, unstimulating, and flat of tone.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The downward side of middle age finds him afflicted with various physical ailments, entirely dependent upon a precarious position at a moderate salary, without influential friends, completely disillusioned, with a mediocre mind now much fagged, devoid of high ambition, and with a most unstimulating prospect before him.
"Walking-Stick Papers"
Robert Cortes Holliday
I advised him to the entire disuse of tobacco, tea, coffee, and all other drinks, save water, and to live on plain and unstimulating food.
"An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health"
R. D. Mussey