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    UNINTERESTING

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginativeplay

    Example:

    institutional food

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    institutional (organized as or forming an institution)

    Derivation:

    uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitementplay

    Example:

    a very uninteresting account of her trip

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    boring; deadening; dull; ho-hum; irksome; slow; tedious; tiresome; wearisome (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness)

    insipid; jejune (lacking interest or significance or impact)

    narcotic; soporiferous; soporific (inducing mental lethargy)

    earthbound; pedestrian; prosaic; prosy (lacking wit or imagination)

    ponderous (labored and dull)

    putdownable ((of a book) poorly written and not entertaining)

    Also:

    unexciting (not exciting)

    unexciting; unstimulating (not stimulating)

    Attribute:

    interest; interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.))

    Antonym:

    interesting (arousing or holding the attention)

    Derivation:

    uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)

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