: not amusing or humorous
an unhumorous subject
The other joke is that Joseph Miller, though a competent comic actor, was in person taciturn and utterly unhumorous.—
D. J. Enright
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Unlike Dickens, to whom he was sometimes compared, Balzac didn’t care for or about children, and was essentially unhumorous.
—Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
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Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
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“Unhumorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhumorous. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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