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Definition: Uninteresting |
UninterestingAdjective1. Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip". 2. Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uninteresting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Uninteresting adj. 1. Said of a problem that, although nontrivial, can be solved simply by throwing sufficient resources at it. 2. Also said of problems for which a solution would neither advance the state of the art nor be fun to design and code. Hackers regard uninteresting problems as intolerable wastes of time, to be solved (if at all) by lesser mortals. _Real_ hackers (see toolsmith) generalize uninteresting problems enough to make them interesting and solve them -- thus solving the original problem as a special case (and, it must be admitted, occasionally turning a molehill into a mountain, or a mountain into a tectonic plate). See WOMBAT, SMOP; compare toy problem, oppose interesting. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: UninterestingSynonym: insipid. (additional references) |
| Antonym: interesting (adj). (additional 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". |
Weariness | Adjective: wearying; Verb: wearing; wearisome, tiresome, irksome; uninteresting, stupid, bald, devoid of interest, dry, monotonous, dull, arid, tedious, humdrum, mortal, flat; prosy, prosing; slow, soporific, somniferous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Uninteresting |
| English words defined with "uninteresting": bland, boring ♦ characterless, cold ♦ deadening, Disinteresting, dress up, dull, Dullish ♦ flat ♦ gasbag, glamorize ♦ ho-hum ♦ irksome ♦ nondescript ♦ Prosaical ♦ romanticise, romanticize ♦ slow, stale ♦ tedious, tiresome ♦ uninterestingly ♦ wearisome, windbag, window-dress. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "uninteresting": ABOMBE ♦ Banana ♦ kill file ♦ nontrivial. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "uninteresting": Disinteresting. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Murray Kempton | No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Uninteresting" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Uninteresting" is used about 138 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% | 138 | 27,024 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "uninteresting": uninteresting-looking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anniversary deftones event lyrics uninteresting | 3 |
anniversary event uninteresting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "uninteresting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | jointeresant (dreary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ممل (boring, dreary, dull, humdrum, irksome, iterative, monotonous, mundane, ponderous, slow, stodgy, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, vapid, weariful, wearisome, weary), مضجر (annoying, boring, dim, dull, humdrum, irksome, iterative, pest, ponderous, prosy, slow, tedious, tiresome, vapid, weariful, wearisome, weary), غير مغري, ثقيل (boring, cumbersome, dully, heaver, heavy, hefty, hulking, leaden, lumbering, massive, oppressive, ponderous, stodgy, unwieldy, weighty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скучен (arid, dead alive, drear, dryasdust, dull, dumb, dusty, heartbreaking, heavy, humdrum, insipid, jejune, jogtrot, long, long winded, long-spun, moldy, monotonous, mouldy, mousey, plodding, pokey, ponderous, prosaic, prosy, slow, soggy, stodgy, stuffy, tedious, uninspired, unvaried, vapid, weariful, wearisome), неинтересен (prosaic, unamusing), безинтересен (characterless, chippy, dim, frumpish, incurious, languid, milk and water, mousey, sapless, soulless, stupid, unamusing, unreadable, vegetable, vegetal, warmed-over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 兴趣. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nezajímavý (sapless, slow, unattractive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mielenkiinnoton, kuivakiskoinen (dry, dull), ikävä (boredom, dull, longing, regret, tedious, tedium, tiresome, unfortunate, unpleasant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | non intéressant, inintéressant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | uninteressant (unattractive, uninspiring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μη ενδιαφέρων, πληκτικόσ (drab, dull, humdrum, prolix, sententious), ανιαρόσ (borer, boring, drab, dull, irksome, prosaic, prosaical, prosy, stodgy, tedious, wearisome, weary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nem érdekes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 興味が薄い , 曲の無い (dull), 曲のない (dull). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょくのない (dull), きょうみがうすい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 시시한. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | interestingunay desinteressante (drowsy, jejune, watery). (various references) неинтересный (sapless, trifling). (various references) tioram (barren, dry). (various references) nezanimljiv (arid), neinteresantan. (various references) poco interesante. (various references) tråkig (boring, disagreable, drab, dull, dusty, humdrum, irksome, jejune, pedestrian, prosy, tedious, tiresome, unpleasant, vapid), ointressant (bearing no interest, dead alive, dull, foul, insipid, unintresting). (various references) ilginç olmayan, ilgi çekmeyen. (various references) нецікавий (arid, incurious, tame). (various references) không thú vị; không đáng chú ý, không hay (unaware, unhappy, uninformed, unknowing, unlucky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "uninteresting" (pronounced uni"ntrusting) |
| 9 | -i" n t r u s t i ng | interesting. |
| 5 | -u s t i ng | harvesting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, Hasting, hoisting, hosting, ingesting, insisting, investing, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, posting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, roasting, rusting, suggesting, tasting, testing, thrusting, toasting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-i-n-n-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: interesting. | |
-3 letters: entrusting, eternising, insentient, intrusting, trusteeing, uninterest, unstinting. | |
-4 letters: enteritis, genitures, gunneries, inserting, insetting, insurgent, interning, internist, interties, interunit, intestine, intrigues, neutering, nunneries, nutrients, reignites, renesting, resenting, resetting, resitting, retesting, retinites, retinting, reuniting, sintering, stringent, strunting, tentering, tenuities, unsetting. | |
-5 letters: einstein, ensuring, entering, entities, esurient, eugenist, geniture, gentries, ginniest, gitterns, grisette, igniters, ingenues. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-i-n-n-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+5 letters: counterquestioning. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 69 6E 74 65 72 65 73 74 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .. -. - . .-. . ... - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n i n t e r e s t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0069 006E 0074 0065 0072 0065 0073 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807580867184718586758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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