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unhumorous

adjective
un·​hu·​mor·​ous | \ ˌən-ˈhyüm-rÉ™s How to pronounce unhumorous (audio) , -ˈyüm-, -ˈhyü-mÉ™-, -ˈyü-\

Definition of unhumorous

: not amusing or humorous an unhumorous subject The other joke is that Joseph Miller, though a competent comic actor, was in person taciturn and utterly unhumorous.— D. J. Enright

Examples of unhumorous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Unlike Dickens, to whom he was sometimes compared, Balzac didn’t care for or about children, and was essentially unhumorous. — Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, "Constructed Worlds," 23 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of unhumorous

1881, in the meaning defined above

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