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Recent Examples of unhumorous
Unlike Dickens, to whom he was sometimes compared, Balzac didn’t care for or about children, and was essentially unhumorous.
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Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhumorous
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Worst of all, Phillips has intentionally or unintentionally created a bizarro, humorless version of My Cousin Vinny.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
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Creating online classrooms as ‘humorless’ venues deprives both teachers and students of an incredibly powerful communication asset.Maja Zelihic, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
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The softer direction accompanied equally earnest lyrics, most of which found Pillsbury struggling to make sense of his breakup with social media star Emma Chamberlain last fall after three years of dating.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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State budget negotiations will not start in earnest until the new year, but Gov. Hochul is already backing off a push to cut funding to New York school districts that are losing enrollment.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
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After debuting some serious acting chops in 2016’s Mr. Robot, Joey Bada$$ took a brief hiatus from music in 2019 to explore that outlet.Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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Quality dropped like a stone and serious wine drinkers lost interest.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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He was nominated for two CMA Awards this year, though the show itself courted some controversy over several unfunny jokes about his name throughout the night.Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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Poppa’s not pleased, which leads to an awkward and painfully unfunny exchange of freestyle rhymes.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
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Less than two weeks after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, an Army-Navy football game played in front of a crowd of 102,000 spectators at Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium on December 7, 1963, might have been a subdued and somber affair.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Back in the locker room and away from the field where the Patriots lost a not-as-close-as-it-sounds 34-15 game, the mood wasn’t somber.Chad Graff, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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This tragic incident has drawn attention to the broader issue of chronic pain, which affects millions of Americans and is often linked to significant mental and emotional distress.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Obituaries Toni Morrison dead at 88: ‘Beloved’ author captured tragic and joyful complexion of life and race Aug. 6, 2019 As a winner of seven NAACP awards and countless more accolades for her achievements in poetry — Giovanni helped up-and-coming writers.Astrid Kayembe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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After two years of being locked up and systematically abused by Arkham’s squad of guards led by Jackie Sullivan (Brendan Gleeson), Arthur has become an unsmiling, even more gaunt shell of his former self.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
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Earlier, an unsmiling Timberlake arrived at the courthouse on the Eastern end of Long Island near The Hamptons this morning to a crowd of reporters, fans and reportedly at least one protester holding a large photograph of a boy who apparently had been killed by a drunk driver.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Unhumorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhumorous. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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