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[ uhn-i-vent-fuhl ] / ˌʌn ɪˈvɛnt fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR uneventful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot eventful; lacking in important or striking occurrences: an uneventful day at the office. Origin of uneventfulFirst recorded in 1790–1800; un-1 + eventful SYNONYMS FOR uneventfulquiet, routine, ordinary, usual. SEE SYNONYMS FOR uneventful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM uneventfulun·e·vent·ful·ly, adverbun·e·vent·ful·ness, nounWords nearby uneventfulunessential, unestablished, unethical, uneven, uneven parallel bars, uneventful, unexampled, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unexcited, unexciting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for uneventfulNot terrible, not brilliant, not good, but amiable, uneventful, inoffensive. Yes, ‘Looking’ Is Boring. It’s the Drama Gays Deserve.|Tim Teeman|January 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST It has become an uneventful, unchanging story—one that reflects the peace process it arguably aims to protect. Congress Seeks To Strip Waiver From Law On Moving Israel Embassy|Rachel Cohen|June 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Nurse: She's sleeping at the moment and she has had an uneventful night. Hospital Gives Details of Kate Middleton to DJ Impersonating The Queen...Badly...|Tom Sykes|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST The rest of the pregnancy was uneventful, and I gave birth to a beautiful, happy little boy. Prue Clarke on Her Battles With Kate Middleton’s Illness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum|Prue Clarke|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Viewed from outside my head it is a singularly dull and uneventful day, but inside my head … aaah. How I Write: John Banville on ‘Ancient Light,’ Nabokov, and Dublin|Noah Charney|October 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST The journey was uneventful, no delays or accidents occurring to mar it. The White Crystals|Howard R. Garis Was this the well-known, uneventful road, where holiday people strolled on Sundays? The Woman in White|Wilkie Collins Home, after my father's death, had become a very quiet and uneventful place indeed. The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells The whole trip was uneventful through a most monotonous country. Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile|Henry Stephens Ivan's new life was monotonous enough, uneventful enough, but singularly tranquil. The Genius|Margaret Horton Potter
British Dictionary definitions for uneventful
adjectiveordinary, routine, or quiet Derived forms of uneventfuluneventfully, adverbuneventfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to uneventfultedious, unremarkable, unexciting, boring, inconclusive, humdrum, common, commonplace, indecisive, ordinary, prosaic, quiet, routine, unexceptional, uninteresting, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unvaried |