unserious

adjective

un·​se·​ri·​ous ˌən-ˈsir-ē-əs How to pronounce unserious (audio)
: not serious
unserious writers
unserious debates
… recognize the difference between serious and unserious warnings.Meg Greenfield
unseriously adverb
talking unseriously
unseriousness noun

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer referred to an earlier video, also featuring Jeffries in a sombrero, as childish and evidence that the White House and the GOP were unserious about the shutdown. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025 After the White House meeting, the president posted a cartoonish fake video mocking the Democratic leadership that was widely viewed as unserious and racist. Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 In the decades following, however, one of the film's more poignant scenes — in which his character, Ahmad, emotionally breaks down in front of his family — has turned into a viral meme, used in (mostly) unserious internet moments. Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025 While the genre was wildly popular in Austen’s time, it was also seen as a threat to women’s moral education and as a dangerous distraction; they were considered deeply unserious in an era when poetry was the genre for serious reflection and high ideals. Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unserious

Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unserious was in 1655

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“Unserious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unserious. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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