uninterestingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɪntrᵻstɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈɪnt(ə)rɛstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈɪntrəstɪŋ/, /ˌənˈɪn(t)ərəstɪŋ/, /ˌənˈɪn(t)əˌrɛstɪŋ/ (un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 3 Uninteresting barren truths which generate no conclusion.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. ix. 124 Too much occupied..to..listen to such uninteresting discourse.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 40 The banks of the Lower Rhine are of a very uninteresting character.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 176 Writers, whose pages are..extremely uninteresting.
Derivatives
unˈinterestingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious
irksomeness1533
wearisomeness1579
inanity1603
tediositya1625
drynessa1637
unliveliness1643
flatness1649
tedium1662
tiresomeness1668
aridity1692
languor1741
dullness1751
uninterestingness1794
ponderousness1801
yawniness1805
unimpressiveness1827
slowness1828
grey1830
fadeness1837
woodenness1854
tristeness1866
boresomeness1883
boringness1893
stodginess1899
monochrome1962
1794 European Mag. 26 344 The uninterestingness of genealogical detail.
1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) viii. 124 The momentary and apparent dulness and uninterestingness of the things of God.
unˈinterestingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in wearisome or tedious manner
irksomely1549
tediously1557
leaden-like1574
drearily1579
dully1600
Welshly1629
unlively1641
woodenly1653
stupidly1723
uninterestingly1793
soporifically1807
sloomy1820
wearyingly1829
boringly1840
tiresomely1847
aridly1883
drably1891
stuffily1894
stodgily1904
yawnsomely1908
yawnfully1914
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 80. 637 My days pass serenely, but not uninterestingly.
1896 W. Black Briseis xvii I'm sick of blue skies—skies that are monotonously and uninterestingly blue.
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