unfun

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ fun.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unfun (comparative more unfun, superlative most unfun)

  1. Not fun.
    • 2006, Aimee Friedman, French Kiss, page 14:
      Poor Holly had the massive misfortune of having an assistant principal for a mother, which, Alexa knew, made her life unfun both in and out of school.
    • 2007 July 1, Mark Sarvas, “Beauty and the Geek”, in New York Times[1]:
      (“Denis stood at attention, like a waiter in an unfun restaurant”).

Noun

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unfun (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of fun; funlessness.
    • 1986 April 26, Michael Bronski, “Note This!”, in Gay Community News, page 19:
      I love going to the theater but the third week of February was putting a major damper on the experience. First it was Big Deal — a dismal evening of overblown un-fun — then Glengarry Glen Ross in which a lot of straight men talked dirty and made real estate deals.

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