unhumorous
Example Sentences
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In the greatest of ironies, it is the mostly unhumorous Richard Dawkins who gave us the word “meme”, which he coined in his 1976 work The Selfish Gene.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2019
“He provides much-needed humor in an otherwise unhumorous time. I’ve never heard of that before in covering any legislature.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2018
The producers could have created the illusion that the show is 12.5 percent less unhumorous than it really is by springing open cans of mirth at opportune moments, but the timing is off.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2011
Schmidt's decree quickly led to an unhumorous tangle.
From Time Magazine Archive
This occasioned the following not unhumorous sarcasm, which has been often printed among the popular sonnets of those times.
From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Mackay, Charles
