unseriousness
- a word derived from seriousness.
Example Sentences
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Frankie Celenza approaches the Feast with a kind of joyful unseriousness — the exact mix of reverence and looseness that makes the tradition so lovable.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
Musk’s fundamental unseriousness, though, may limit the extent of the scurrying.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2025
But a sense of unseriousness shields “Thunderbolts*” like protective armor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
Author Gershom Mabaquiao explains that the trend started off being about "the unseriousness of self-presentation", but since it has become bigger than social media and permeated society, it's being interpreted in a "very literal way".
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024
Breckon, of course, does not admit this, but he has suggested that she was first attracted to him by a certain unseriousness which reminded her of Bittridge, in enabling him to take her seriousness lightly.
From The Kentons by Howells, William Dean
