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单词 funless
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funlessadj.

Brit. /ˈfʌnləs/, U.S. /ˈfənləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fun n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < fun n. + -less suffix.
Lacking in fun; characterized by an absence of humour, pleasure, entertainment, etc.
ΚΠ
1828 Morning Jrnl. 15 Oct. What a contrast does this one figure , funless and humourless, present to the laughable crowds of Gillray.
1882 M. J. Lamb Snow & Sunshine 91 His performance was as point-less as fun-less.
1911 Kindergarten Rev. Mar. 451/1 The impossible excess of..silliness to which the funless ‘funny picture’ has been carried lately.
1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Sept. d1 The real villain..is the idea that kids in classrooms should be forced to do anything so funless as study.
2009 Church Times 24 July 19/1 Hypocritical, sexless, funless, bloodthirsty, intolerant, dogmatic—and those are some of the more polite terms that have been used about him [sc. John Calvin].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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