as in boring
having nothing exciting, interesting, or unusual happening; not eventful
an uneventful vacation/day/life The flight home was uneventful.
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Recent Examples of uneventful
Porter made an unsuccessful bid for Senate in 2024, and Steyer and Swalwell launched uneventful presidential campaigns in 2020.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The weather looks pretty uneventful this week, apart from some rain chances Thursday.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Afterward, host Conan O’Brien joked about what passed for drama at a largely uneventful evening at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
But what had been a fairly uneventful ceremony was interrupted by the shouting of a racial slur, leading to a controversy that has continued to reverberate.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The weather looks pretty uneventful this week, apart from some rain chances Thursday.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Afterward, host Conan O’Brien joked about what passed for drama at a largely uneventful evening at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
But what had been a fairly uneventful ceremony was interrupted by the shouting of a racial slur, leading to a controversy that has continued to reverberate.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneventful
Adjective
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Never gets boring, never feels overplayed.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Pool, sauna, indoor fireplace, luggage drop-off, backyard With so much history and color around every corner in Marrakesh, why stay somewhere boring?—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Flimsy nozzles crack and leak, and heavy-duty nozzles get tiring to hold when your garden calls for more watering time than your hands can handle.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Swift herself talked about how tiring the tour was and what her plans for the future were last October on BBC Radio 1 with Greg James.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Banchero up-and-down The Magic superstar forward got off to a slow start by opening 1-for-6 from the field, including missing his first four 3-pointers.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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More Americans are heading into retirement without a pension, and are instead leaning on savings accounts and investment portfolios that have become increasingly subject to market swings and the slow erosion of inflation.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Senior second baseman Alexis Richter has learned a lot about playing softball from her three older sisters.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The 73-year-old Weinstein kept his eyes trained on Mann throughout her Tuesday testimony, intermittently whispering to his attorney, Teny Geragos.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The hospice movement that emerged in the latter half of the last century improved conditions for patients in the later years of life, replacing sterile, clinical hospital settings with holistic care centered on pain management, dignity, and quality of life.—
Tom Koutsoumpas,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Schaffner said sterile male files that can't impregnate females were created in a laboratory.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Uneventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneventful. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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