humour
noun
humourlessness
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a word derived from
humour.
Example Sentences
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What if its exhaustingly unfunny mouth-breathers grow up to finally achieve adulthood at the age of, say, 40 and embrace a different humourlessness, that of conceptual art?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2016
Critics chided Pearl Jam for humourlessness, but their most explicitly political track was an act of darkly brilliant wit, which continues to be a highlight in their live set.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2016
"My inclination for comedy came from being faced with so much pomposity and humourlessness when I was young," he says.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2011
The comedian Stewart Lee once blamed the German reputation for humourlessness on that language's inflexible sentence structures, which preclude the twist-in-the-tail techniques on which English-language comedy depends.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2010
