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Definition: Unfunny |
UnfunnyAdjective1. Not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor; "a very unfunny joke". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unfunny" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dullness | Adjective: dull, dull as ditch water; unentertaining, uninteresting, flat, dry as dust; unfunny, unlively, logy; unimaginative; insulse; dry as dust; prosy, prosing, prosaic; matter of fact, commonplace, pedestrian, pointless; "weary stale flat and unprofitable". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Unfunny" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unfunny" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unfunny": distinctly unfunny. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "unfunny"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | witzlos (pointless, unhumorous, witless). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | unnyunfay несмешной, неостроумный. (various references) | ||||||||||
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"Unfunny" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unfunl, unfunniest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-n-n-n-u-u-y" | |
-2 letters: funny. | |
-4 letters: fun, nun. | |
-5 letters: nu, un. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 66 75 6E 6E 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ..-. ..- -. -. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100110 01110101 01101110 01101110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n f u n n y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0066 0075 006E 006E 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807287808091 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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