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adjective
Date: 1800
marked by no noteworthy or untoward incidents ; placid <an uneventful weekend> • uneventfully adverb • uneventfulness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
uneventful
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uneventful — [un΄ē vent′fəl] adj. with no outstanding or unusual event; peaceful, routine, etc. [an uneventful day] uneventfully adv … English World dictionary
uneventful — index mundane, unavailing Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
uneventful — 1800, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + EVENTFUL (Cf. eventful). Related: Uneventfully … Etymology dictionary
uneventful — [adj] monotonous, dull boring, common, commonplace, humdrum, inconclusive, indecisive, ordinary, prosaic, quiet, routine, tedious, unexceptional, unexciting, unfateful, uninteresting, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, unvaried; concept 548 … New thesaurus
uneventful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not marked by interesting or exciting events. DERIVATIVES uneventfully adverb uneventfulness noun … English terms dictionary
uneventful — [[t]ʌ̱nɪve̱ntfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe a period of time as uneventful, you mean that nothing interesting, exciting, or important happened during it. The return journey was uneventful, the car running perfectly... It was rare for her to… … English dictionary
uneventful — un|e|vent|ful [ˌʌnıˈventfəl] adj with nothing exciting or unusual happening ▪ Annie led a quiet uneventful life. ▪ The journey was uneventful. >uneventfully adv >uneventfulness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
uneventful — uneventfully, adv. uneventfulness, n. /un i vent feuhl/, adj. not eventful; lacking in important or striking occurrences: an uneventful day at the office. [1790 1800; UN 1 + EVENTFUL] Syn. quiet, routine, ordinary, usual. * * * … Universalium
uneventful — adj. Uneventful is used with these nouns: ↑trip … Collocations dictionary
uneventful — un|e|vent|ful [ ,ʌnı ventfəl ] adjective without anything unusual or exciting happening: They arrived in Louisville after an uneventful trip. ╾ un|e|vent|ful|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
