as in boring
having nothing exciting, interesting, or unusual happening; not eventful
an uneventful vacation/day/life The flight home was uneventful.
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Recent Examples of uneventful
Apart from a brief delay, her flight home was uneventful.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
The second period was largely uneventful, but in the closing minutes, Reinhart struck again for the Panthers.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
A bit of news surfaced from an otherwise tame and uneventful news conference.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
By doing so, hours of uneventful horseback riding are reduced to a half-hour truck ride.
—Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2025
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
The second period was largely uneventful, but in the closing minutes, Reinhart struck again for the Panthers.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
A bit of news surfaced from an otherwise tame and uneventful news conference.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
By doing so, hours of uneventful horseback riding are reduced to a half-hour truck ride.
—Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneventful
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The main reason Jacksonville is so boring, FinanceBuzz found, is that much of its population is thinly scattered across the city.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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GoPro has also dropped a white version and a forest green version if black is too boring for you.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Dickinson led off the semifinal game and roped a double off his metal bat that Smith said woke him up from a long, tiring day.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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After a tiring day walking around the parks, the most relaxing, soothing and healing experience is to sit out on the decks of the treehouse.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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The whales often appear unbothered, turning gently toward swimmers or drifting by in slow, graceful passes.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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Now, in the new study, researchers have gathered data that supports the theory that the demise of tropical forests, and their slow recovery, limited carbon sequestration – a process where carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in plants, soils or minerals.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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Cape Florida Light The Cape Florida Light, in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on the tip of Key Biscayne, is the oldest lighthouse in the state.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 July 2025
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Patrick O’Connor, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, told AP this may be Denver’s deepest and oldest find yet.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The numbers need to be large enough that females in the wild can't help but hook up with sterile males for mating.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 July 2025
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There will also be more space for the hospital's pharmacy, lab, sterile processing department and administrative and educational areas.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Uneventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneventful. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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