unhumorous

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Recent Examples of unhumorous Unlike Dickens, to whom he was sometimes compared, Balzac didn’t care for or about children, and was essentially unhumorous. Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhumorous
Adjective
  • Worst of all, Phillips has intentionally or unintentionally created a bizarro, humorless version of My Cousin Vinny.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Creating online classrooms as ‘humorless’ venues deprives both teachers and students of an incredibly powerful communication asset.
    Maja Zelihic, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
  • My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.
    Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
Adjective
  • In this seventh installment, several of the participants appear to have been chosen because of their potential for drama rather than their earnest desire to be loved.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In the cast of characters, Arbor is authoritative, Breeze is animated, Cove is composed, Ember is confident, Juniper is earnest, Spruce is chill, Sol is savvy, Maple, more candid, and Vale, quite curious.
    Martine Paris, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The Trump administration now needs to get serious about shaping regional and global conventions around digital trade, anticorruption, and intellectual property rights to counter Beijing’s efforts to bend weaker states to its will and obstruct U.S. economic access.
    Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Here’s where the fun stuff turns into serious stuff.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Poppa’s not pleased, which leads to an awkward and painfully unfunny exchange of freestyle rhymes.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Often, portraying funny people is a spectacularly unfunny exercise, but Smith captures the strange blend of Chase’s gifted sense of humor, caustic personality, and undeniable good looks with a skill that far exceeds any SNL impression.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Lego Horizon Adventures, available for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC, rebuilds 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn in the Lego universe, transforming the somber and complex Horizon into something simpler, a bit sillier and more kid-friendly.
    Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This seems to be part of the reason The City and Its Uncertain Walls is such an unnaturally somber book.
    Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Nearly $195,000 was raised through a GoFundMe campaign started for Kaur’s family following her tragic death.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The mother of a North Carolina woman who was fatally attacked while vacationing in Mexico is pursuing legal action two years after the tragic incident.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • After two years of being locked up and systematically abused by Arkham’s squad of guards led by Jackie Sullivan (Brendan Gleeson), Arthur has become an unsmiling, even more gaunt shell of his former self.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Earlier, an unsmiling Timberlake arrived at the courthouse on the Eastern end of Long Island near The Hamptons this morning to a crowd of reporters, fans and reportedly at least one protester holding a large photograph of a boy who apparently had been killed by a drunk driver.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024

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“Unhumorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhumorous. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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