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Recent Examples of unfunny
Some Democrats have praised the posts as humorous and a necessary counterattack, while many Republicans have criticized them as cringy, unfunny, and inauthentic.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Somehow this ineptly plotted affair lured Keke Palmer into its lair and her comedy chops all but gets handcuffed by an illogical, unfunny screenplay.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Critics slammed the movie as unfunny and offering little appeal outside of Rihanna.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
This kind of video may make zero sense to an older person, or even seem unfunny, but to young people, calm is found in the distraction.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 June 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Somehow this ineptly plotted affair lured Keke Palmer into its lair and her comedy chops all but gets handcuffed by an illogical, unfunny screenplay.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Critics slammed the movie as unfunny and offering little appeal outside of Rihanna.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
This kind of video may make zero sense to an older person, or even seem unfunny, but to young people, calm is found in the distraction.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfunny
Adjective
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For a man known around the Pentagon as a relentless, humorless taskmaster, McNamara seemed virtually unrecognizable on the party circuit, mingling casually with journalists, fellow government officials, and vivacious Georgetown hostesses.—
William Taubman,
Air Mail,
20 Sep. 2025
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Their worldview that being on the right side of history doesn’t necessitate being humorless scolds turned out to be a contagious one that has since found its way into stand-up.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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My only complaint is that the light blue stripes on the arm look printed, not stitched, which is kinda lame.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Another main issue is that the power grind itself now being the endgame is no longer a good motivator to play, nor is the Tier system with 3s not much different than 4s or 5s, and all past weapons being somewhat lame now outside of that system entirely.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For some, the fundamental flaw will be that, despite the title, the comic material (mostly culled from vintage gags of the period) the characters perform onstage sounds painfully unamusing to contemporary ears.—
Leslie Felperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Oct. 2017
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“Unfunny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfunny. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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