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单词 uninteresting
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Definition of uninteresting in English:

uninteresting

adjectiveʌnˈɪnt(ə)rɪstɪŋˌənˈɪnt(ə)rəstɪŋ
  • Not arousing curiosity or interest.

    the scenery is dull and uninteresting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Britain we already have enough retrogressive and uninteresting composers of our own - there's no need to import them.
    • Much of the rest of the job is routine and uninteresting.
    • Alex blamed his curiosity on his uninteresting, tedious and all-round boring life.
    • Incredibly, this second lot of inmates are even more tedious and uninteresting than the first.
    • The problem with politics today is not that there are more shady goings-on than there were in the past, but that it is pale and uninteresting.
    • Unfortunately, the character is poorly realised - he's just dull and uninteresting.
    • Some excellent actors are wasted in flat and uninteresting roles.
    • From the outset, the news is rather dull and uninteresting - nothing much going on.
    • In lesser hands, it could easily have devolved into something dull and uninteresting.
    • As a customer you'd probably think it a bit dull and uninteresting.
    • They can already sense how bland and uninteresting their relationship will be, how the years will yawn away and stretch to eternity.
    • Today is so uninteresting I'm having to resort to repetition.
    • To the public it would be worse than repulsive - tedious, utterly uninteresting.
    • I think I had a notion that, being part of the midlands, the county would be flat and uninteresting.
    • A writer is often easily inspired but the trick lay in the ability to turn a most uninteresting object into one of great curiosity.
    • It is all about texture and effect; the harmonic structure seems uninteresting, the rhythmic interest is minimal.
    • In my opinion this is because they got too much of it and it was done in an uninteresting and boring manner.
    • Within this latter group lies cutlery, perhaps the most banal and uninteresting of eating-related subject matters.
    • The kids, besides looking like brothers, were bland and uninteresting.
    • The flashbacks to the uncles' escapades in Africa ought to have been the saving grace of a rather uninteresting slow plot.
    Synonyms
    unexciting, boring, dull, tiresome, wearisome, tedious, dreary, tiring, flat, lifeless, monotonous, humdrum, uneventful, slow, unvaried, repetitious, commonplace, colourless, bland, insipid, banal, dry, pedestrian, prosaic, hackneyed, trite, clichéd, stale
    informal samey, mind-numbing, hacky

Derivatives

  • uninterestingly

  • adverbʌnˈɪnt(ə)rɪstɪŋliˌənˈɪnt(ə)rəstɪŋli
    • The cold side salad of artichokes and grilled peppers is uninterestingly dressed with a sweet sauce, and the texture of the mashed potatoes is strange - slightly watery and lumpy.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The site for the campus was rather uninterestingly flat, but the huge piles of earth created from the excavations for the buildings were used to create grassy mounds which have proved to be an interesting landscaping feature.
      • They lived in the same square, but moved in different circles, and - uninterestingly - they don't know each other particularly well.
      • Maybe it was intended that would set a mood or something, but the sitar is played just as uninterestingly as anything else on the album, so who cares anyway?
      • I'm particularly uninterestingly unbiased, except I associate science a bit more with women than men - think that's just because I get annoyed with most people seeing it the other way round.
  • uninterestingness

  • noun
    • Sorry about the uninterestingness of this chapter.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All complaints against the uninterestingness of that and other sections may kindly be deposited in my mailbox.
      • But if you want proof of my complete uninterestingness, check back in a week or two.
      • When a group maintains such a level for five years, however, its uninterestingness becomes noteworthy in itself.
      • It has an almost Zen-like quality of uninterestingness.
 
 

Definition of uninteresting in US English:

uninteresting

adjectiveˌənˈɪnt(ə)rəstɪŋˌənˈint(ə)rəstiNG
  • Not arousing curiosity or interest.

    the scenery is dull and uninteresting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a customer you'd probably think it a bit dull and uninteresting.
    • It is all about texture and effect; the harmonic structure seems uninteresting, the rhythmic interest is minimal.
    • A writer is often easily inspired but the trick lay in the ability to turn a most uninteresting object into one of great curiosity.
    • Today is so uninteresting I'm having to resort to repetition.
    • To the public it would be worse than repulsive - tedious, utterly uninteresting.
    • The kids, besides looking like brothers, were bland and uninteresting.
    • Much of the rest of the job is routine and uninteresting.
    • Within this latter group lies cutlery, perhaps the most banal and uninteresting of eating-related subject matters.
    • In my opinion this is because they got too much of it and it was done in an uninteresting and boring manner.
    • In Britain we already have enough retrogressive and uninteresting composers of our own - there's no need to import them.
    • Incredibly, this second lot of inmates are even more tedious and uninteresting than the first.
    • From the outset, the news is rather dull and uninteresting - nothing much going on.
    • Some excellent actors are wasted in flat and uninteresting roles.
    • Alex blamed his curiosity on his uninteresting, tedious and all-round boring life.
    • I think I had a notion that, being part of the midlands, the county would be flat and uninteresting.
    • The problem with politics today is not that there are more shady goings-on than there were in the past, but that it is pale and uninteresting.
    • The flashbacks to the uncles' escapades in Africa ought to have been the saving grace of a rather uninteresting slow plot.
    • Unfortunately, the character is poorly realised - he's just dull and uninteresting.
    • They can already sense how bland and uninteresting their relationship will be, how the years will yawn away and stretch to eternity.
    • In lesser hands, it could easily have devolved into something dull and uninteresting.
    Synonyms
    unexciting, boring, dull, tiresome, wearisome, tedious, dreary, tiring, flat, lifeless, monotonous, humdrum, uneventful, slow, unvaried, repetitious, commonplace, colourless, bland, insipid, banal, dry, pedestrian, prosaic, hackneyed, trite, clichéd, stale
 
 
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