uneventful
not eventful; lacking in important or striking occurrences: an uneventful day at the office.
Origin of uneventful
1Other words for uneventful
Other words from uneventful
- un·e·vent·ful·ly, adverb
- un·e·vent·ful·ness, noun
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How to use uneventful in a sentence
In 2018, Kristen Miller, a high school social studies teacher from Cleveland, had an uneventful pregnancy for the first two trimesters—“textbook perfect,” she said.
What umbilical cord tests can and can’t tell us about stillbirths | Purbita Saha | July 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHe has been shaping the story of his life over 100 major championships now, and there hasn’t been a single boring or uneventful chapter.
No one beats Father Time, but Phil Mickelson has shown how to extend the match | Sally Jenkins | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostA frenetic, demanding action score accompanies nearly every minute of every episode, as if allowing us a moment’s silence might reveal that most of what’s happening onscreen is actually uneventful.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is a muddled, joyless checklist of fantasy tropes | Constance Grady | April 23, 2021 | VoxThe injections were utterly uneventful, but there was still drama.
I’m in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial, and Now I’ve Got a Big Decision to Make | Randy Dotinga | February 24, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThough the vast majority were uneventful, some showed isolated issues.
Five election misinformation campaigns to avoid resharing | By Starbird, West, & DiResta/The Conversation | November 6, 2020 | Popular-Science
The interaction between Obama and Corker was a tense moment in the otherwise uneventful meeting.
Exclusive: Obama Told Lawmakers Criticism of His Syria Policy is 'Horsesh*t' | Josh Rogin | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost patients recover after an unpleasant but relatively uneventful period of sickness.
Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers. You Just Brought Back Measles in NYC. | Russell Saunders | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot terrible, not brilliant, not good, but amiable, uneventful, inoffensive.
Yes, ‘Looking’ Is Boring. It’s the Drama Gays Deserve. | Tim Teeman | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs episodes of this particular series go, “Granite State” seemed relatively uneventful.
‘Granite State,’ the Penultimate Episode of ‘Breaking Bad,’ Is Walter White’s Final Act | Andrew Romano | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOur launch was deemed uneventful even though I thought my heart would leap out of my chest with excitement.
How often she had remembered that day as an era; the beginning of the best things in her uneventful life!
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterHelen Ervin's life in a private school for girls at San Francisco had been uneventful until her graduation.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanSeventeen uneventful years had passed and had streaked Georgie Haggard's abundant chestnut locks with grey.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe rapidly shortening days seemed longer instead, so uneventful and wearisome were they.
Alone | Marion HarlandOf my uneventful voyage, of the happy and successful quest, there is little to relate.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for uneventful
/ (ˌʌnɪˈvɛntfʊl) /
ordinary, routine, or quiet
Derived forms of uneventful
- uneventfully, adverb
- uneventfulness, noun
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