English > uninteresting: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement. |
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| Example | "a very uninteresting account of her trip" |
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| Attribute of | interest, interestingness | The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) |
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| Narrower | boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness |
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| insipid, jejune | lacking interest or significance or impact |
| narcotic, soporiferous, soporific | inducing mental lethargy |
| pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound | lacking wit or imagination |
| ponderous | labored and dull / dull |
| putdownable | (of a book) poorly written and not entertaining |
| See also | unexciting | not exciting |
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| unstimulating, unexciting | not stimulating |
| Opposite | interesting | Arousing or holding the attention |
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| Spanish | insípido, pesado, soso |
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| Nouns | uninterestingness | inability to capture or hold one's interest |
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| Adverbs | uninterestingly | in an uninteresting manner |
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