unentertainingadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > not amusing or entertaining
unpleasant1558
sportless1598
unridiculous1646
undistractinga1684
undiverting1695
unentertaining1695
indivertive1700
unamusive1755
unanimating1785
unamusing1794
unexciting1833
sober1838
unstimulating1844
zilch1958
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 38 If he is silent and unentertaining to a Visiter, the Spleen is his Excuse.
1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. xlvii. 20 His conversation is unentertaining: for..all that he utters is delivered with labour and hesitation.
1796 Hist. Ned Evans II. 118 The ceremony of adoption being somewhat singular it may not be unentertaining to relate it.
1837 S. Smith 2nd Let. to Singleton ⁋21 The idea of abandoning this taxation..is not unentertaining.
Derivatives
unenterˈtainingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in unamusing or unentertaining manner
unentertainingly1847
unamusingly1889
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Unentertainingly.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. v. 146 A conceited and unentertainingly troublesome little monkey.
unenterˈtainingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > lacking amusement or entertainment
infestivity1727
unentertainingness1740
1740 T. Gray Let. 25 Sept. in Corr. (1971) I. 177 Last post I received a very diminutive letter: It made excuses for its unentertainingness.
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