unamused
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It is not a time to become bored or unamused.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
She appears to be unamused and she's just like, she was cut from a different cloth.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023
The city attorney’s office was unamused, and one member, Walter Ralphs, the retired head of the grocery store chain, quit, in part over the incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
When Rock cracked his joke, which an ABC executive told Variety was ad-libbed, Smith laughed, but Pinkett Smith rolled her eyes and looked unamused.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
Mr. Wilcox, slight, bald, unamused, glances at the couple, both visibly distressed, then glances at the nameless child.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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