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UNINTERESTING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative
Example:
institutional food
Classified under:
Similar:
institutional (organized as or forming an institution)
Derivation:
uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
Example:
a very uninteresting account of her trip
Classified under:
Similar:
boring; deadening; dull; ho-hum; irksome; slow; tedious; tiresome; wearisome (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness)
insipid; jejune (lacking interest or significance or impact)
narcotic; soporiferous; soporific (inducing mental lethargy)
earthbound; pedestrian; prosaic; prosy (lacking wit or imagination)
ponderous (labored and dull)
putdownable ((of a book) poorly written and not entertaining)
Also:
unexciting (not exciting)
unexciting; unstimulating (not stimulating)
Attribute:
interest; interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.))
Antonym:
interesting (arousing or holding the attention)
Derivation:
uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)
