uninteresting

English

Etymology

un- +‎ interesting

Adjective

uninteresting (comparative more uninteresting, superlative most uninteresting)

Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.
- 1939 November, R. S. Tayler, “A Railway Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
  To many, a railway ticket is but an uninteresting bit of pasteboard, which must be purchased before a journey is undertaken, and once obtained, may be stowed away in a convenient pocket and forgotten, until a watchful railway official requests its production.

Synonyms

noninteresting

Antonyms

interesting

Translations

arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful

Czech: nezajímavý (cs) m
Dutch: oninteressant (nl)
Finnish: tylsä (fi), ikävystyttävä (fi)
French: inintéressant (fr)
German: uninteressant (de)
Greek: αδιάφορος (el) (adiáforos)
Irish: neamhshuimiúil, neamhspéisiúil, leamh
Italian: poco interessante
Maori: mākihakiha
Polish: nieciekawy (pl) m
Russian: неинтере́сный (ru) (neinterésnyj)

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