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unfun en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + fun.

Meanings

  1. Not fun.
    • Poor Holly had the massive misfortune of having an assistant principal for a mother, which, Alexa knew, made her life unfun both in and out of school. 2006, Aimee Friedman, French Kiss, page 14:
    • (“Denis stood at attention, like a waiter in an unfun restaurant”). 2007 July 1, Mark Sarvas, “Beauty and the Geek”, in New York Times:

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unfun en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + fun.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lack or absence of fun; funlessness.
    • I love going to the theater but the third week of February was putting a major damper on the experience. First it was Big Deal — a dismal evening of overblown un-fun — then Glengarry Glen Ross in which a lot of straight men talked dirty and made real estate deals. 1986 April 26, Michael Bronski, “Note This!”, in Gay Community News, page 19:

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