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unˈserious, a.
(un-1 7.)
1655Earl of Orrery Parthen. ii. v. 493 To speake any thing unserious. 1673J. Flavel Saint Indeed 199 Frothy, vain and unserious persons. 1755Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 326 Any one who behaved in a light or unserious manner. 1860Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. (1871) II. 357 A play⁓thing, a trifle, an unserious affair.
Hence unˈseriousness.
1680H. Dodwell Two Lett. (1691) To Rdr. §9 The lives and unseriousness of some of our conformable Clergy. 1973I. Robinson Survival of English ii. 62, I am not discussing in this book the gross popular examples of breakdown or coarsening..nor shall I more than mention the increasing unseriousness of the denominational press. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. b 9/1 Aliette works so hard she brooks no unseriousness. |