uneventful
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 →
2) An uneventful trip or operation goes smoothly, with no problems. tree →
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 →
- The flight home was long but uneventful. tree →
- Grandpa's operation was uneventful, and he is resting now. tree →
- After an uneventful morning, the storm hit at lunchtime. tree →
- The camping weekend was pleasantly uneventful. tree →
- Nothing happened at all; it was the most uneventful holiday ever. tree →
- Dionysus passed an innocent and uneventful childhood, roaming through the woods and forests, surrounded by nymphs, satyrs, and shepherds. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.