unfun

adj, noun — 2 senses

unfun

adj

Etymology From un- + fun.

1

Not fun.

  • Poor Holly had the massive misfortune of having an assistant principal for a mother, which, Alexa knew, made her life unfun both in and out of school.2006, Aimee Friedman, French Kiss, page 14:
  • (“Denis stood at attention, like a waiter in an unfun restaurant”).2007 July 1, Mark Sarvas, “Beauty and the Geek”, in New York Times:

unfun

noun

Etymology From un- + fun.

1

Lack or absence of fun; funlessness.

  • I love going to the theater but the third week of February was putting a major damper on the experience. First it was Big Deal — a dismal evening of overblown un-fun — then Glengarry Glen Ross in which a lot of straight men talked dirty and made real estate deals.1986 April 26, Michael Bronski, “Note This!”, in Gay Community News, page 19:

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