Uninteresting Meaning
/əˈnɪntrəstɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjArousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.
Sentence Examples
Such a lifestyle appears rather uninteresting to Americans.
Life as it is is very uninteresting to him.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The novel was so ____ that I put it down after the first chapter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The book was quite ____, so I decided to stop reading it and find something much more engaging for my trip today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English interesting English uninteresting From un- + interesting.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"To many, a railway ticket is but an uninteresting bit of pasteboard, which must be purchased before a journey is undertaken, and once obtained, may be stowed away in a convenient pocket and forgotten, until a watchful railway official requests its production."
— 1939 November, R. S. Tayler, “A Railway Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The novel was so ____ that I put it down after the first chapter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The book was quite ____, so I decided to stop reading it and find something much more engaging for my trip today.