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# uneventful

«uneventful» in Mova's school dictionary: **one when nothing special, exciting or bad happens** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (uneventful; more uneventful, most uneventful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An uneventful time is one when nothing special, exciting or bad happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#m1)

2) An uneventful trip or operation goes smoothly, with no problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x1)
- The flight home was long but uneventful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x2)
- Grandpa's operation was uneventful, and he is resting now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x3)
- After an uneventful morning, the storm hit at lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x4)
- The camping weekend was pleasantly uneventful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/#x5)
- Nothing happened at all; it was the most uneventful holiday ever. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uneventful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneventful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.