UNINTERESTING

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does uninteresting mean? 

• UNINTERESTING (adjective)
  The adjective UNINTERESTING has 2 senses:

1. arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
2. characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative

  Familiarity information: UNINTERESTING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNINTERESTING (adjective)

Meaning:

Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

Context example:

a very uninteresting account of her trip

Similar:

putdownable ((of a book) so poorly written and unentertaining as to be easily put down)

ponderous (labored and dull)

earthbound; pedestrian; prosaic; prosy (lacking wit or imagination)

narcotic; soporiferous; soporific (inducing mental lethargy)

insipid; jejune (lacking interest or significance)

boring; deadening; dull; ho-hum; irksome; slow; tedious; tiresome; wearisome (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness)

Also:

unexciting (not exciting)

unexciting; unstimulating (not stimulating)

Attribute:

interest; interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.))

Antonym:

interesting (arousing or holding the attention)

Meaning:

Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative

Context example:

institutional food

Similar:

institutional (organized as or forming an institution)