unentertainingly means in an unentertaining manner. It carries an Arena rating of 822, earned across 110 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, unentertainingly ranks #12,906 of 17,150 for Funniest Words, #13,201 of 17,130 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #13,940 of 17,116 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #14,644 of 17,118 for Most Ponderous Words.
Why “unentertainingly” is a great word
In a manner that is not amusing, interesting, or engaging. From unentertaining (from un- (“not”) + entertaining (from entertain + -ing)) + -ly (adverb-forming suffix). Unlike “tediously,” which implies a tiresome, dragging slowness, or “banally,” which suggests a trite lack of originality, “unentertainingly” describes a more fundamental failure to capture the mind or spirit. It is the comedian’s joke landing with the soft thud of a dropped napkin, the lecture delivered in a flat monotone to a room thick with silence, or the technically perfect but utterly forgettable film—the quiet ache of presence without connection, where nothing is wrong, exactly, but nothing is alive.
Etymology
From unentertaining + -ly.
adv
- In an unentertaining manner.
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