uninteresting

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English interest

English -ing

English interesting

English uninteresting

From un- + interesting.

Adjective

uninteresting (comparative more uninteresting, superlative most uninteresting)

1. 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, characterless, soggy

Antonyms

• interesting

Derived terms

• uninterestingly
• uninterestingness

Translations

arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful — see also noninteresting

• Czech: nezajímavý (cs) m
• Dutch: oninteressant (nl)
• Esperanto: seninteresa
• Finnish: tylsä (fi), ikävystyttävä (fi)
• French: inintéressant (fr)
• Georgian: უინტერესო (uinṭereso), არასაინტერესო (arasainṭereso)
• German: uninteressant (de)
• Greek: αδιάφορος (el) (adiáforos)
• Hungarian: érdektelen (hu), unalmas (hu), nem érdekes (hu)
• Irish: neamhshuimiúil, neamhspéisiúil, leamh
• Italian: poco interessante
• Māori: mākihakiha
• Polish: nieciekawy (pl) m
• Romanian: neinteresant (ro)
• Russian: неинтере́сный (ru) (neinterésnyj)
• Spanish: poco interesante, sin interés, ininteresante