Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: un-fun
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not fun.

noun

Lack or absence of fun; funlessness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"(“Denis stood at attention, like a waiter in an unfun restaurant”)."
"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."

Etymology

From un- + fun.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more unfun (comparative) most unfun (superlative) un-fun (alternative)

Rhymes With

one old one done doesn't run everyone over and done fun son won hit and run hard-won

Questions

What does unfun mean?: Not fun.
Where does unfun come from?: From un- + fun.

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