The phrase 'far from exciting' is both correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express disappointment or dissatisfaction when something is not as interesting or stimulating as one had hoped. For example: The lecture was far from exciting and I was thoroughly bored.
The handful of uninspired stems I now possess is far from exciting.
The three know better than to air anything politically controversial.Commercially, however, this deal is far from exciting.
Although 1997 will be South Africa's fifth consecutive year of growth after a long recession, its growth rate is far from exciting for an emerging market.
That the habits of these characters are far from exciting only intensifies the gathering strangeness; at some point, and it is always hard to tell exactly where, logic jumps the rails, which is to say that one finishes an Aickman story not really knowing if it has ended in reality or hallucination, waking or sleeping, the land of the living or of the dead.
And, over time, that can result in some flashy returns for your portfolio, even if the stocks in it are far from exciting.
Verrilli, a corporate lawyer without Patrick's civil rights experience before becoming the nation's top lawyer, is far from an exciting choice (that mustache notwithstanding).
This means that screens (if there are any at all) in these sectors are left with lackluster content and the same age-old videos playing on loops — far from engaging, exciting or providing benefit to anyone.
Even so, the tastes McLennan serves me are diverse and exciting, far from the typical tasting-room fare.
Far from a peaceful or exciting "sabbatical", maternity leave is hard work at best, and devastating to women's careers at worst.
Far from the Bay Area lie exciting hot spots in regular America.
Everything on the menu was far from being innovative or exciting.
