uncomic

adjective

un·​com·​ic ˌən-ˈkä-mik 

: not relating to, marked by, or providing comedy : not comic

an uncomic performance

… the uncomic and horrifying realities of the world …

—John W. Aldridge

… the bleakly uncomic business of sitting in a doctor's waiting room …

—Katherine A. Powers

Synonyms

• earnest
• grave
• humorless
• no-nonsense
• po-faced [British]
• sedate
• serious
• severe
• sober
• sobersided
• solemn
• staid
• unsmiling
• weighty

Examples of uncomic in a Sentence

the movie takes a very uncomic approach to underage drinking, finding nothing funny about drunken teens

Word History

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined above