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Recent Examples of unserious
With that in mind, some offered unserious responses.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
Nobody takes the famously unserious holiday of April Fools as seriously as Adult Swim.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
League sources told the Herald at the NFL combine last month the Patriots felt the asking price for Brown was unserious.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
The inclusion of Logan Paul for Saturday's event proved the totally unserious nature of the roster construction.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unserious
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
Nobody takes the famously unserious holiday of April Fools as seriously as Adult Swim.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
League sources told the Herald at the NFL combine last month the Patriots felt the asking price for Brown was unserious.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
The inclusion of Logan Paul for Saturday's event proved the totally unserious nature of the roster construction.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unserious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unserious
Adjective
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There’s no unimportant royal gossip, apparently.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Apr. 2026
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If however, we were often criticized and made to feel unimportant, our self-talk may be more negative.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Still looking for their multi-million-dollar payday, the Cascios brought back Howard King and are grasping at straws through this frivolous filing.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Due to this frivolous spending, the county now has less than two months of operating expenses on hand.—
Rebecca Jones,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Jones noted those were not trivial sums for working families of the era.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The novel swings between the trivial and the dire, and in her bleakest moments Adora leans on the Stoics for guidance, thinking, C’mon, boys, don’t fail me now!—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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To the uninitiated, the distinction may seem insignificant.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2026
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That's not an insignificant sum.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The manic, madcap, chaotic and silly stunt show was heavy on exposition to the delight of the fans who cheered the entrance of every One Piece character and laughed at the downfall of paper-thin goon.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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And so a very silly conversation leads to a series of positions that are far from frivolous.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Seven months is a light year in politics — and that elephant in the room isn’t the Republican mascot.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stuart Campbell, who plays a young Ruben, said capturing the lighter moments between the characters was key — despite the relationship’s darker elements.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Ceija Stojka’s small paintings at the Drawing Center swarm with such harrowing incident that viewers may not spot the mystery in the bottom right corner of many of her canvases.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Pistons are small favorites on the road for Game 3.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Unserious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unserious. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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