nonserious
adjective
non·se·ri·ous
ˌnän-ˈsir-ē-əs 
: not serious
people convicted of nonserious crimes
… she occasionally likes to play around with nonserious painting, exploring color and texture.—
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The agency’s telephone and online reporting units, also meant to help address staffing concerns, can take nonserious police reports that don’t require a sworn officer’s response.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2023
To a certain extent, the debate simply shows how tangled our feelings about fashion still are and how entrenched the view of it as a nonserious subject remains — despite the fact that fashion is a key part of pop culture and the rare equivalent of a global language.
—New York Times, 28 July 2022
Twelve civilians will help staff the Telephone Reporting Unit, which receives nonserious police reports that do not require an officer’s response, restoring civilian positions cut from the 2021 budget, according to city officials.
—Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022
Of the 340,522 adverse-event reports, 92.1% were nonserious, 6.6% were serious, and 1.3% were deaths, according to VAERS.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
Bird strikes—even nonserious ones—can be costly for airlines.
—Benjamin Katz, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
Could there be a nonserious reason for all this protein?
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
Some teens have reported myocarditis, or heart inflammation, but those reports have been rare and nonserious.
—Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 7 Oct. 2021
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Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2023
To a certain extent, the debate simply shows how tangled our feelings about fashion still are and how entrenched the view of it as a nonserious subject remains — despite the fact that fashion is a key part of pop culture and the rare equivalent of a global language.
—New York Times, 28 July 2022
Twelve civilians will help staff the Telephone Reporting Unit, which receives nonserious police reports that do not require an officer’s response, restoring civilian positions cut from the 2021 budget, according to city officials.
—Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022
Of the 340,522 adverse-event reports, 92.1% were nonserious, 6.6% were serious, and 1.3% were deaths, according to VAERS.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
Bird strikes—even nonserious ones—can be costly for airlines.
—Benjamin Katz, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
Could there be a nonserious reason for all this protein?
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
Some teens have reported myocarditis, or heart inflammation, but those reports have been rare and nonserious.
—Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 7 Oct. 2021
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“Nonserious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonserious. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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