uneventful

adjective

Definition of uneventfulnext
as in boring
having nothing exciting, interesting, or unusual happening; not eventful an uneventful vacation/day/life The flight home was uneventful.

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Recent Examples of uneventful The Republican primary is a noisy but ultimately uneventful fight to finish a distant second. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 Very low levels of radiation are just a normal and uneventful part of everyday life. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 An uneventful trip doesn’t actually give you that much to write home about. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026 Long, uneventful sequences capturing Kozue’s idle days spent daydreaming in nature or by the incinerator soon come to feel purposeless. — Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for uneventful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneventful
  1. boring
  2. slow
  3. tiring
  4. old
  5. sterile
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  • The boring rosters, the passive-aggressive press conferences, the endless parade of mediocre seasons — cresting and falling with an inexplicable 2021 and 2026 — has been brutal to watch.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The real world is always more boring than sci-fi, but solving this part of the puzzle will still be fascinating and not easy.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of boring
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  • The challenge is that the hydrogen evolution reaction is slower in alkaline environments, increasing the need for catalysts that can deliver high activity without rapidly losing performance.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • As Mikhail Gorbachev became Soviet premier and promised new openness with a policy of glasnost, a slow thaw would begin toward free speech, human rights, the release of political dissidents and relaxed restrictions on emigration.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of slow
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  • Food & Drink You’ll find just two dining venues on the property, The Dining Room (which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and the poolside Palapa Bar, but there’s no chance of tiring of the fare.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Permanent Marker Removal Trying to scrub permanent marker away is tiring, time-consuming, and often futile without some type of product to loosen the marker.
    — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of tiring
Adjective
  • So when the 36-year-old was pronounced dead in a South Carolina apartment on Sunday, shock and grief stretched around the world.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics saw its shares jump as much as 629% during its Wednesday market debut in Shanghai—an eye-popping rally that pushed 36-year-old chairman and CEO Wang Xingxing’s net worth to $16 billion.
    — Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of old
Adjective
  • Richet executes the whole thing with an almost sterile cleanliness.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • With that in mind, meeting the strict testing standards requires large amounts of sterile, single-use plastic.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Uneventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneventful. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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