unamusingadj.
/ˌʌnəˈmjuːzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənəˈmjuzɪŋ/ (un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > not amusing or entertaining
unpleasant1558
sportless1598
unridiculous1646
undistractinga1684
undiverting1695
unentertaining1695
indivertive1700
unamusive1755
unanimating1785
unamusing1794
unexciting1833
sober1838
unstimulating1844
zilch1958
1794 F. Burney Jrnl. 2 Mar. (1973) III. 43 He found it very unamusing to have a Walk without any but.
1799 Mirror No. 10 To a stranger it would have been not unamusing.
1812 Q. Rev. 7 384 It cannot be unamusing to speculate on what Warburton would have achieved.
1893 A. C. Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 74 ‘Wit at Severall Weapons,’ a violent farce, outrageous but not unamusing.
Derivatives
unaˈmusingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in unamusing or unentertaining manner
unentertainingly1847
unamusingly1889
1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson i. 76 It is neither coarse nor tedious, and takes up but very little space; and that not unamusingly.
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