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# uneventful

adjective (uneventful; more uneventful, most uneventful)

«uneventful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An uneventful time is one when nothing special, exciting or bad happens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#m1)
2. An uneventful trip or operation goes smoothly, with no problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories to show calm before something happens, or to say a journey or recovery went fine; often in «an uneventful day», «the flight was uneventful»; in news and doctors' talk it is good news.

### Examples

- It was an uneventful Monday at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x1)
- The flight home was long but uneventful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x2)
- Grandpa's operation was uneventful, and he is resting now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x3)
- After an uneventful morning, the storm hit at lunchtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x4)
- The camping weekend was pleasantly uneventful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x5)
- Nothing happened at all; it was the most uneventful holiday ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x6)
- Dionysus passed an innocent and uneventful childhood, roaming through the woods and forests, surrounded by nymphs, satyrs, and shepherds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x7)

### Note

Built from un- + eventful («full of events»). Not always boring: often it means «safe, no trouble». Opposite: eventful.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «uneventful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uneventful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uneventful.html) on Mova free.