unfunny

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adjective

Not funny.

“Edward told an unfunny knock-knock joke that made his brother groan.”

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunfunny (comparative unfunnier or more unfunny, superlative unfunniest or most unfunny)

comparative unfunnier · comparative more unfunny · superlative unfunniest · superlative most unfunny

  1. Not funny.

    Edward told an unfunny knock-knock joke that made his brother groan.

    2 more examples

    But while the wackiness gets exasperating fast (a running joke about Hazel’s father, played by Ray Romano on autopilot, having a sex doll for a wife is even unfunnier than it sounds), Milioti works overtime to keep us invested.

    2021 March 31, Benjamin Lee, “Made for Love review – Black Mirror-esque comedy needs an upgrade”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2021

    The decline of mobility, reason fading in and out like short-wave radio, the trickle of minor ailments that fed a deeper river—the subject was vast and not all of it was unfunny.

    2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 388

    Synonyms: nonfunny, unamusing, funny as a dose of the clap, jokeless, humorless, irrisible, laughless, mirthless

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishfun
  9. Englishfunny
  10. Englishunfunny

From un- + funny.

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Translations

Dutch niet grappig
  • niet grappigTranslations
Finnish ei hauska
  • ei hauskaTranslations
French pas drôle
  • pas drôleTranslations
German unlustig
  • unlustigTranslations
Polish nieśmieszny
  • nieśmiesznyTranslations
Spanish no chistoso, sin gracejo
  • no chistosoTranslations
  • sin gracejoTranslations
  • sin graciosidadTranslations
  • insulsoTranslations
  • sosoTranslations
  • chirleTranslations
  • chiste alemánTranslations
  • chiste flojoTranslations
  • chiste mongoTranslations
Swedish inte rolig
  • inte roligTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

unfunny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfunny

MLA

“unfunny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfunny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfunny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfunny.

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