Other Words from unfunny

unfunnily \ ˌən-ˈfə-nə-lē

\ adverb

unfunniness \ ˌən-ˈfə-nē-nəs

\ noun

Examples of unfunny in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Vellani’s confident delivery can’t salvage a joke that smug (and unfunny). — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 But really that line should refer to the content of the special itself, which is transphobic, sexist, nihilistic, unfunny schlock. — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022 Catholic coverups made priests the butt of jokes and altar boys their unfunny punch lines. — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 24 May 2022 She has been labeled annoying, somehow both overeager and smug, try-hard but also weirdly honest, unfunny. — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 24 May 2022 Welcome to Broadway’s fleurs-du-mal moment, a rare blossoming of funny plays on deeply unfunny subjects. — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022 But the Foos are stuck with a crass, crude, dated and terribly unfunny script written by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes from a story by Grohl, and McDonnell’s filmmaking is rather inert. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022 Equally unsettling was the Oscar show’s not-clever, unfunny feminism. — Armond White, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022 Why were so many presenters given such long, unfunny introductions to their categories? — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

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