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Recent Examples of unamusing
For some, the fundamental flaw will be that, despite the title, the comic material (mostly culled from vintage gags of the period) the characters perform onstage sounds painfully unamusing to contemporary ears.
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2017
Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unamusing
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Credit perhaps goes to Belew’s fellowship with Zappa, or Fripp’s growing resistance to being pegged as some humorless tyrant.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
11 Jan. 2026
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Funny novels are invariably more serious than humorless ones.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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And Siegfried keeps trying to understand what’s wrong with this goat that its owner claims is lame.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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With about a year left until the next mayoral election, the attacks from Johnson’s opponents attempting to preemptively paint him as a lame-duck mayor could also turn off candidates worried about job stability, but their contract specifics would vary by agency.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Mike Myers returned as twitchy, unfunny Elon Musk, there to introduce a memorial segment and accompanying song eulogizing the things the Trump administration has taken down including the East Wing, DEI, civil rights and Marjorie Taylor Greene.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2026
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All that’s left is some hopeless cringe, stunt guest stars and unfunny jokes.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Only a couple of tech companies took the earnest route, like Google’s heartwarming spot about a mother and young son dreaming up what their new home might look like using its own AI offering, Gemini.—
Julia Black,
Vanity Fair,
8 Feb. 2026
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Super Bowl food is a distinct category in and of itself — a mix of the homegrown, earnest potluck with the fast food America is known for.—
Mike Snider,
AZCentral.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In a statement to NBC News, Daiichi Sankyo, which makes Savaysa, said that the drug is used to reduce the risk of stroke and clots but added that anticoagulants can increase the risk of serious bleeding.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Many of these people had been charged with serious crimes like assaulting security officers or bus and train operators, weapons possession, or threatening drivers.—
Amber Gaudet
Updated February 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Unamusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unamusing. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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