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- adjective Not
humorous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking humor
Etymologies
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Examples
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My son loves to point out the description of one biographer who described AdmiralStephen Bleecker Luce as "Intensely unhumorous," laughing that it must be genetic.
Jim Luce: Mayflower Roots - and a Metrocard - Get One on the Subway Jim Luce 2010
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My son loves to point out the description of one biographer who described AdmiralStephen Bleecker Luce as "Intensely unhumorous," laughing that it must be genetic.
Jim Luce: Mayflower Roots - and a Metrocard - Get One on the Subway Jim Luce 2010
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I thought the dialog was short, unhumorous and the acting was a little stiff for a Marvel movie.
Kevin's Review: The Incredible Hulk - A Jolly Time with the Green Giant « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Unlike me, who is often unintentionally unhumorous.
Raiders of the Lost Crusader Temple Skull Meme: New Lands! Don Lewis 2008
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Mr. Williams is not an unhumorous newsman, though he usually plays one on TV.
Brian Williams Draws a Crowd to ‘SNL’ - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Mr. Williams is not an unhumorous newsman, though he usually plays one on TV.
Brian Williams Draws a Crowd to ‘SNL’ - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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It turned out to be nothing but crude and very unhumorous garbage.
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For slightly more serious yet not totally unhumorous alternative try:
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I'd thought about looking into a study of the evolution of realistic drama starting with August Strindberg, but I didn't speak Swedish and Strindberg was a decidedly unhumorous playwright.
April 2004 2004
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There's nothing so unhumorous as bone bits that aren't knittin' well, unless it's far too numerous light verses that aren't written well.
Archive 2006-08-13 Miss Snark 2006
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