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wonderless

wonderless

7.9
Not causing surprise or interest and seeming dull
  • adjective
  • /ˈwʌndərləs/
: sin maravilla
  • The lecture was so wonderless that many students fell asleep.

Examples

  • Despite the beautiful setting, the movie felt wonderless and uninspiring.

  • His wonderless presentation failed to engage the audience's interest.

  • Likewise, it is not just a disinterested, wonderless, mechanistic, smart-minded bringing together of things.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

mindless
vswonderless
12 3.6

Needing very little thought, like simple chores or TV shows

is unremarkable in that it does not create wonder or curiosity
colorless
vswonderless
  • US
4 3.9

Not interesting or exciting

is unremarkable because it fails to cause wonder or amazement
nothing spectacular
vswonderless
3 3.4

Not very impressive or special

is dull by lacking any sense of amazement or curiosity
unfabulous
vswonderless
1 6.8

Ordinary and not exciting

is dull specifically because it does not inspire wonder or curiosity
nonchallenging
vswonderless
4.0

Boring and not interesting to think about or feel

is unremarkable because it fails to inspire curiosity or amazement

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed

∞ 1.0

Making people feel very interested and eager

591 2.8

Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising

How Wonderful

wondrous
54 5.8
wonderful
∞ 1.0
pleasant
323 1.0
ordinary
681 1.0
wonderless
7.9
dull
169 1.3

Surface Forms

wonderless positive

Morphology

wonderless = wonder (transparent) = wonder + less

Meaning is directly derived from 'wonder' + '-less' indicating 'without wonder', which is a productive and obvious formation for learners.

Etymology

Wonderless starts with wonder, meaning 'surprise' or 'amazement', and adds the ending -less, meaning 'without'. So a wonderless thing is literally 'without wonder', meaning dull and not exciting.