unserious
adjective
un·se·ri·ous
ˌən-ˈsir-ē-əs 
: not serious
unserious writers
unserious debates
… recognize the difference between serious and unserious warnings.—
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unseriously
adverb
talking unseriously
unseriousness
noun
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Espaillat has drawn attention to inflammatory social media posts Avila Chevalier made in her 20s, attempting to portray her as an unserious candidate.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
At the heart of the scheme is American pragmatism, which older schools of German thought had considered unserious.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Republicans criticized Democrats for pushing an unserious list of demands.
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Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
9 June 2026
The latter is especially a shame, as the scenes following RuPaul’s President Judy Gagwell are the closest the purposefully unserious film comes to approaching pointed satire.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
9 June 2026
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
At the heart of the scheme is American pragmatism, which older schools of German thought had considered unserious.
—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Republicans criticized Democrats for pushing an unserious list of demands.
—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
9 June 2026
The latter is especially a shame, as the scenes following RuPaul’s President Judy Gagwell are the closest the purposefully unserious film comes to approaching pointed satire.
—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unserious
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“Unserious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unserious. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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