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
What’s more, though Kizzi teased the possibility of boatmance drama and promised to get drunk, the crew’s first night out is uneventful.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Otherwise, the return to land was relatively uneventful, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge.
—Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
But anyone who assumed that his tenure would be uneventful, due to his advanced years, was quickly proved wrong.
—Konden Smith Hansen, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
The first period was scoreless and uneventful, with the B’s outshooting the Flyers 5-3, thanks in part to the lone power play of the period.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Otherwise, the return to land was relatively uneventful, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge.
—Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
But anyone who assumed that his tenure would be uneventful, due to his advanced years, was quickly proved wrong.
—Konden Smith Hansen, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
The first period was scoreless and uneventful, with the B’s outshooting the Flyers 5-3, thanks in part to the lone power play of the period.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneventful
Adjective
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Though the pacing and breadth of the episode ensure that things never get boring, not all the stories are equally compelling.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Klum doesn't want to let anyone down by choosing the boring or easy way out with a costume.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Braun was solid before tiring and working through injuries that affected him on the ball over the final month last season.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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Instead of a chance to flex their goalscoring muscles, United had to grit their teeth and see out a gruelling, tense, tiring second half.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Tiles also exhibited hysteresis, which was smaller at slower speeds due to the rubber’s viscoelastic properties, as reported by Nanowerk.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Levi, an electrical engineer who founded MicroKits in 2020, has had to raise prices, slow production and pause plans to launch a new product – Banan-a-Synth – that lets kids turn a bunch of bananas into a kind of keyboard.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Estimates based on a family with two 40-year-old parents with two children, 10 years and 5 years old.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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So long as that situation continues, the 43-year-old’s allegedly arrogant and stand-offish treatment of his players will not worry the club hierarchy too much.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Rockets and satellites were historically mostly built in massive, sterile places where engineers in Tyvek suits moved cautiously around intricate components.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Intelligence Profiles That Foster Innovation At GAIME Conference, creativity is the focus, not sterile conference rooms.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Uneventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneventful. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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