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Recent Examples of unfunny
His tasteless and unfunny comment calling the president’s wife an expectant widow shows just how warped Kimmel has become.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
The humor spawned by Emma’s confession will strike some as deeply unfunny, while others might uncomfortably chuckle at its cleverness.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
Daisy hopes that this special moment will redeem the interior’s mistakes — the panty liner, the toilet paper shortage, the delay on the champagne — and Jenna works hard at the sundeck set-up while Mike terrorizes her, cracking unfunny jokes about her decorations and generally being unhelpful.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
All that’s left is some hopeless cringe, stunt guest stars and unfunny jokes.
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Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
The humor spawned by Emma’s confession will strike some as deeply unfunny, while others might uncomfortably chuckle at its cleverness.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
Daisy hopes that this special moment will redeem the interior’s mistakes — the panty liner, the toilet paper shortage, the delay on the champagne — and Jenna works hard at the sundeck set-up while Mike terrorizes her, cracking unfunny jokes about her decorations and generally being unhelpful.
—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
All that’s left is some hopeless cringe, stunt guest stars and unfunny jokes.
—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unfunny
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfunny
Adjective
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Walker joins as the imposing, entitled and humorless Peter Van Laar III, the wealthy heir to the Van Laar estate, whose behavior is a struggle for both his wife, Alice, and 13-year-old daughter.
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As such, Eddy is off to tour the South as a salesman as the boys spend the summer with their humorless granny (Ellen Ratner) and their childlike Aunt Bella (Renee Rogoff), who works in the store.
Adjective
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On paper, some of the six, all of whom are far-right conservatives, have enviable educational backgrounds, but the record has proven that each one is openly political and willing to rubber-stamp nearly all of DeSantis’ lame and unconstitutional policies.
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In November 2008 an errant air strike, conducted under auspices of a lame-duck Bush administration, killed 37 civilians who were at a wedding party in Wech Baghtu, Afghanistan.
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“Unfunny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfunny. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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