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Recent Examples of unhumorous
Unlike Dickens, to whom he was sometimes compared, Balzac didn’t care for or about children, and was essentially unhumorous.
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Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhumorous
Adjective
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His mouth is closed and fixed in a humorless grin, concealing the eating machine within eight rows of long, hollow teeth arranged helter-skelter in each rank like thorns on a dead rose.—
Pat Smith,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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For Max in particular, his parent’s lifelong humorless severity looks more and more like malevolent delusion under a cloak of puritanical righteousness.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.—
Tim Neville,
Outside Online,
23 Nov. 2020
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Buoyed by Spencer’s earnest performance, Dee was a consistent fan favorite on the show.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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That is, until James Gunn’s Superman, an instant box office smash upon its release in July, cuts right to the chase and asks: Can someone this good, this earnest, this pure, even be allowed to exist?—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Some serious symptoms of a West Nile virus infection include fever, severe headaches, stiff neck, disorientation or confusion.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
17 Aug. 2025
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Hormonal changes can trigger or worsen mental health conditions, including serious ones like psychosis.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Critics slammed the movie as unfunny and offering little appeal outside of Rihanna.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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High-contrast, stark black-and-white tones, water droplets and a somber expression emerging from shadows.—
Evan J. Schwartz,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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There were no somber emotions this time from Dončić’s side, with Balkan music blasting throughout the practice facility before he and Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka held a news conference to celebrate Dončić’s extension.—
Khobi Price,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That year, millions of people all around the world consumed his work in incredible numbers following his sudden and tragic passing.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Following the tragic death of her beloved husband Bobby (Peter Krause), Athena Grant (Angela Bassett) will likely be leaning more on her family, including her two children, May and Harry.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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His Rick Honeycutt is utterly humorless, but the movie isn’t; there are plenty of laughs in pitting his deadpan impatience — conveyed by an unsmiling mouth under a push-broom mustache — against the idiot confidence of Billy Crudup’s man-child entrepreneur.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2024
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The crowd roars and the vast, unsmiling curtain-call cast line the stage with the leading man bare-chested and covered in blood.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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“Unhumorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhumorous. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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