UNINTERESTING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Example:

institutional food

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

institutional (organized as or forming an institution)

Derivation:

uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)

Meaning:

Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

Example:

a very uninteresting account of her trip

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

insipid; jejune (lacking interest or significance or impact)

narcotic; soporiferous; soporific (inducing mental lethargy)

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

ponderous (labored and dull)

putdownable ((of a book) poorly written and not entertaining)

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)

Derivation:

uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)