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
Before then, Saturday is pleasant and uneventful by comparison, with partly sunny skies, mild winds and high temperatures in the upper 40s.
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Tammie Souza, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Acceptance speeches were swift and uneventful.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
The first three quarters of the game were largely uneventful, with both teams focusing on defense rather than making any big moves.
—Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
Nor did any other transaction involving the Spurs, in what turned out to be an uneventful trade season in San Antonio.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Tammie Souza, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Acceptance speeches were swift and uneventful.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
The first three quarters of the game were largely uneventful, with both teams focusing on defense rather than making any big moves.
—Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
Nor did any other transaction involving the Spurs, in what turned out to be an uneventful trade season in San Antonio.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneventful
Adjective
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Mann might have argued that there is not only a moral but also an artistic virtue in being outwardly boring and banal.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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More so, mines are too boring to compete for budget.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And adopting the mantle of cultural curmudgeon can get tiring.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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Riko Ueki headed Japan's opening goal, her fourth of the tournament, before Maika Hamano, Aoba Fujino and Kiko Seike all scored against a tiring Vietnamese defense.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Experiencing that life cycle of knowing where my food comes from and watching my uncles do the butchering and then eating it the same day through slow roasting was really impactful for me as a kid.—
Claire Salinda,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps both movements could have animated each other; perhaps the subsequent fight for women’s suffrage would have been less sporadic and slow.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Blume would shower with her father and her older brother, David.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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The funeral prayer for the 41-year-old Afghan father of six who died Saturday in ICE custody was held Tuesday while more questions arise about why he was picked up and what caused his death less than a day later.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Lord and Miller, working with the cinematographer Greig Fraser, avoid the conventional visual language of the prestige space epic, with its sterile surfaces and zero-gravity tracking shots.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Use a good quality sterile seed starting mix and clean seed starting trays with deep cells that allow for strong root development.—
Marianne Willburn,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Uneventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneventful. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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