Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Arousing little or no interest or curiosity; boring.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not interesting; not capable of exciting interest, or of engaging the mind or passions: as, an uninteresting story or poem.
  • Synonyms Dull, tiresome, tedious, wearisome.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
  • adjective characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative

Etymologies

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From un- + interesting.

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