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unboring

unboring

5.5
Keeps people interested and having fun
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbɔːrɪŋ/
  • Informal
translation icon : interesante
  • The contestants with prior experience with IMDb pages are better than the naive country bumpkins who don't know anything about rehearsal and being unboring.

Examples

  • "I have the makings of an unboring person, but in fact I am horribly boring and I must do better."

    Academic text (2001)

  • That said, the Volt looks (and, if the article is to be believed, feels) surprisingly unboring.

    Blog text (7)

  • The lecture was so engaging that it felt completely unboring.

  • Her unboring personality always makes our gatherings more fun.

  • He managed to turn a potentially dull meeting into an unboring discussion.

Synonyms

entertaining
vsunboring
202 1.7

Makes watching or listening enjoyable

is a more general engaging quality rather than just providing pleasure
engrossing
vsunboring
8 5.1

So interesting that it holds your full attention

is interesting and lively but not always commanding full attention
absorbing
vsunboring
3.9

Very interesting and keeps your full attention

is lively or engaging but without completely holding attention

Antonyms

boring
721 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

How Interesting

fascinating
577 2.0
engaging
12 3.5
unboring
  • Informal
5.5
boring
721 1.0

Surface Forms

unboring positive

Morphology

unboring = boring (transparent) = un + boring

The negative prefix 'un-' combines with the adjective 'boring' in a regular, easily predictable way to mean 'not boring'.

Etymology

Unboring is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word boring, so it literally means 'not boring'. Think of it like unhappy or unlock, where un- gives the opposite, which is why unboring describes something lively and interesting.