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
Previous appointments were uneventful, and officials would typically issue a follow-up appointment.
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Hatzel Vela, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
And also on Untucked… • Our first Arrietty-less Untucked is unsurprisingly uneventful.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Township elections results in Washington County were uneventful on Tuesday night.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile in Charlotte, it’s been an uneventful offseason for a change, almost to the point of boring.
—Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uneventful
Hatzel Vela, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
And also on Untucked… • Our first Arrietty-less Untucked is unsurprisingly uneventful.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Township elections results in Washington County were uneventful on Tuesday night.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile in Charlotte, it’s been an uneventful offseason for a change, almost to the point of boring.
—Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uneventful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneventful
Adjective
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No more boring, irrelevant training modules—this is learning at the speed of work.—
Lisa Bodell,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Some of this may happen under cover of darkness, but much of it happens in the open, under cover of arcane technocracy or boring bureaucracy.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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View 6 Images Reading and writing on regular tablets can be tiring for your eyes, which is where E Ink can help.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
20 Mar. 2025
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Ultimately, many on the internet have identified this week as a particularly tiring one for Black K-pop fans.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The company reaffirmed plans to launch an affordable model in early 2025, but warned the production ramp could be slower than expected.—
Akash Sriram and Abhirup Roy,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Marie Collins, a survivor and safeguarding expert from Ireland who served on the commission in the early years, resigned in frustration at the slow pace of change.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With Venus retrograde in Aries starting on March 1 and affecting your career and outward expression, old insecurities about your worth and ambitions may surface.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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The movie set, like all others, should have only had blanks on hand, but somehow a number of live rounds made their way to the location and one such bullet ended up in the gun that went off as Hutchins and Baldwin lined up a shot in an old church.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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With two treatments, the capybaras should be sterile for at least a few months.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The lower levels of the parking garage are sterile and lifeless — a liminal space of flickering lights and zero cars.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Uneventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneventful. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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