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un·in·ter·est·ing  (n-ntr-stng, -tr--stng, -t-rstng)
adj.
Arousing little or no interest or curiosity; boring.
un·inter·est·ing·ly adv.
uninteresting
Adjective
boring or dull
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.uninterestinguninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"
unexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
interesting - arousing or holding the attention
2.uninterestinguninteresting - characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food"
institutional - organized as or forming an institution; "institutional religion"


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Such was my abominable luck in being born by the mere hair's breadth of twenty-five centuries too late into a world where kings have been growing scarce with scandalous rapidity, while the few who remain have adopted the uninteresting manners and customs of simple millionaires.
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The variety of more minute interests, which will necessarily fall under the superintendence of the local administrations, and which will form so many rivulets of influence, running through every part of the society, cannot be particularized, without involving a detail too tedious and uninteresting to compensate for the instruction it might afford.
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She speedily comprehended all his merits; the persuasion of his regard for Elinor perhaps assisted her penetration; but she really felt assured of his worth: and even that quietness of manner, which militated against all her established ideas of what a young man's address ought to be, was no longer uninteresting when she knew his heart to be warm and his temper affectionate.
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