unhumorous

Examples of unhumorous in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhumorous
Adjective
  • Worst of all, Phillips has intentionally or unintentionally created a bizarro, humorless version of My Cousin Vinny.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Creating online classrooms as ‘humorless’ venues deprives both teachers and students of an incredibly powerful communication asset.
    Maja Zelihic, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
  • 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
Adjective
  • However, there has been a growing trend of combining earnest and heartfelt storytelling with an educational bent.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But this overly sentimental, unduly earnest journey based on Richard McGuire's graphic novel is more gimmick than substance, one overflowing with moments and characters that proves ultimately unfulfilling.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Tesla has staked its financial future on a pivot to autonomous robotaxis, a risky pursuit facing serious regulatory hurdles.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • James told jurors Velazquez-Diaz wanted a serious relationship with Lorenzo-Olivera, but they were broken up at the time.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Poppa’s not pleased, which leads to an awkward and painfully unfunny exchange of freestyle rhymes.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Often, portraying funny people is a spectacularly unfunny exercise, but Smith captures the strange blend of Chase’s gifted sense of humor, caustic personality, and undeniable good looks with a skill that far exceeds any SNL impression.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • As results from the presidential election trickled in showing Vice President Kamala Harris’s growing deficit to former President Donald Trump, Simon took a somber tone.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • From Bill Plaschke: The silent, somber Bronx suddenly was bathed in joyous dancing blue, a screaming scrum leaping and bouncing and hugging into history.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The three books so far are deeply romantic, gorgeously tragic, smart as hell, and written in this absurd baroque, irreverent language.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Given that Real Madrid's away trip to Valencia had been postponed because of tragic flooding in the latter's region, Barca opened up a nine-point lead at the Spanish top flight summit by seeing off Manolo Gonzalez's men.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 17 Nov. 2024.

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