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 first half of the match was uneventful, with Nielsen the closest to scoring.
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Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Tagovailoa’s return to College Park highlighted an otherwise uneventful Maryland pro day, which featured 12 players hoping to hear their names called during the NFL draft in April.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
This week, our couples are off to Honduras for largely uneventful baecations.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
A week after Makary’s relatively uneventful confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee, Hawley drew attention to Perkins’s appointment in the new administration, the first political position in her career.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2025
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Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Tagovailoa’s return to College Park highlighted an otherwise uneventful Maryland pro day, which featured 12 players hoping to hear their names called during the NFL draft in April.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
This week, our couples are off to Honduras for largely uneventful baecations.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
A week after Makary’s relatively uneventful confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee, Hawley drew attention to Perkins’s appointment in the new administration, the first political position in her career.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneventful
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The Salon Clutch Structured yet theatrical, Le Salon is Jacquemus’s answer to the evening clutch—pared back, but never boring.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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Robinson stars as Craig Waterman, a regular suburban guy with a boring job, a charming florist wife who's losing interest in him (Kate Mara), and a teenage son (Jack Dylan Grazer) whose indifference borders on hostility.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
9 May 2025
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The Mets were three outs away from a sixth shutout in 23 games before Philadelphia scored four in the ninth off a tiring Max Kranick and Edwin Díaz.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Naturally, Raducanu’s level took a dip and the 2024 U.S Open runner-up seized the chance to let rip against a tiring opponent.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Life has likely felt a bit nebulous and slow for you in the past year, Cancer.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Albon asked Williams for information on where Leclerc was likely slow at the restart, looking for a spot to capitalize.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Applicants must be 6 years or older as of the beginning of Oct. 4 to participate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 May 2025
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Of course, the new standard will be backward-compatible with Wi-Fi 6 devices, as well as older Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) ones.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Recently, 26 previously unknown bacterial species were discovered in NASA clean rooms — some of the most sterile places humanity has built, designed to prevent spacecraft from carrying unwanted microbes to other planetary bodies.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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Of long drives and sterile sheets, trapped in tiny spaces with your thoughts.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
18 May 2025
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“Uneventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneventful. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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