unfunny

English

Etymology

un- + funny

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌni

Adjective

unfunny (comparative unfunnier or more unfunny, superlative unfunniest or most unfunny)

  1. Not funny, especially when attempting to be.
    • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 388:
      The decline of mobility, reason fading in and out like short-wave radio, the trickle of minor ailments that fed a deeper river—the subject was vast and not all of it was unfunny.
    an unfunny joke

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