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uneventful

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

monotonous; lacking significant or noteworthy events

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: noneventful

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

marked by no noteworthy or significant events

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an uneventful life
  • the voyage was pleasant and uneventful
  • recovery was uneventful

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: eventful

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English eventful English uneventful From un- + eventful.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безинтересен (bezinteresen) — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Bulgarian: незабележителен (nezabeležitelen) — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Dutch: rustig — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Finnish: tapaukseton — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Finnish: yksitoikkoinen — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Finnish: vähätapahtumainen — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Finnish: tapahtumaköyhä — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • French: sans histoire — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • French: calme — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • French: tranquille — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • German: ereignislos — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • German: ruhig — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • German: ohne Zwischenfälle — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Hungarian: eseménytelen — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Manx: neuhaghyrtagh — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Manx: gyn taghyrt — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Polish: bezwydarzeniowy — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Russian: небога́тый собы́тиями (nebogátyj sobýtijami) — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Russian: непримеча́тельный (neprimečátelʹnyj) — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Russian: ниче́м непримеча́тельный (ničém neprimečátelʹnyj) — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Spanish: sin acontecimientos — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Spanish: sin ningún acontecimiento — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Spanish: sin acontecimiento alguno — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Spanish: poco aconteciente — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Spanish: no aconteciente — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Spanish: nada acontecedor — lacking significant or noteworthy events
  • Spanish: sin mucho acontecimiento — lacking significant or noteworthy events