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UNINTERESTINGNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inability to capture or hold one's interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uninterestingness" is a kind of...):
impotence; impotency; powerlessness (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uninterestingness"):
dullness (the quality of lacking interestingness)
heaviness; ponderousness (an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency)
Antonym:
interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.))
Derivation:
uninteresting (characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative)
uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)
