uninteresting en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English interest English -ing English interesting English uninteresting From un- + interesting.
Meanings
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Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.
To many, a railway ticket is but an uninteresting bit of pasteboard, which must be purchased before a journey is undertaken, and once obtained, may be stowed away in a convenient pocket and forgotten, until a watchful railway official requests its production.
1939 November, R. S. Tayler, “A Railway Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more uninteresting | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most uninteresting | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
uninterestingness · uninterestingly
Synonyms
noninteresting · characterless · soggy
Translations (24)
el αδιάφορος (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · ga neamhshuimiúil (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · ga neamhspéisiúil (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · hu érdektelen (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · fr inintéressant (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · ru неинтере́сный (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · ga leamh (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · es poco interesante (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · nl oninteressant (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · eo seninteresa (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · es ininteresante (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · es sin interés (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · pl nieciekawy (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · it poco interessante (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · de uninteressant (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · ka უინტერესო (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · ro neinteresant (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · hu unalmas (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · fi ikävystyttävä (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · ka არასაინტერესო (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · fi tylsä (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · hu nem érdekes (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · cs nezajímavý (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful) · mi mākihakiha (arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful)