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Recent Examples of unamusing
For some, the fundamental flaw will be that, despite the title, the comic material (mostly culled from vintage gags of the period) the characters perform onstage sounds painfully unamusing to contemporary ears.
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2017
Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unamusing
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Worst of all, Phillips has intentionally or unintentionally created a bizarro, humorless version of My Cousin Vinny.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
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Creating online classrooms as ‘humorless’ venues deprives both teachers and students of an incredibly powerful communication asset.Maja Zelihic, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
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The film’s last half-hour collapses into an unfunny, extended appearance by that aforementioned legacy artist — the kind of star cameo that The Simpsons often succumbs to these days, passing off a famous person playing themselves as the height of comedy.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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On the decidedly unfunny Bel-Air, a modern-day dramatic reimagining of The Fresh Prince, Carlton is played by Olly Sholotan, while Will is portrayed by Jabari Banks.Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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All of this points to a more earnest Superman film.Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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And Martin, earnest Martin, frontman of the biggest and kindest and most earnest band in the world, widens his eyes and smiles.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Of those arrested, a greater proportion had serious criminal histories.Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Rivals is a briskly paced and positively addictive British romp with plenty of scandalous twists, lusty ribald humor, and more serious notes of genuine pain lurking beneath the frothy surface.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Unamusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unamusing. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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