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
Observed the ascetic, sleepless, not unhumorous Mahatma: "To inculcate perfect discipline and non-violence among 400 million is no joke."
From Time Magazine Archive
I forgot those doleful and unhumorous conspirators among people who fervently believed in the place; but afterwards the memory left a bad taste in my mouth.
From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard
