unexciting
/ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ik-ˈsī-tiŋ/ (ame, mw)
unexciting — 形容詞
- unexcitingpositive
- more unexcitingcomparative
- most unexcitingsuperlative
1. not having any quality that makes you feel interested, surprised, or pleased — u
平淡；乏味
不刺激、不有趣的；平庸的
not having any quality that makes you feel interested, surprised, or pleased — used when a thing, experience, or place is so ordinary that it offers nothing new or enjoyable, like a plain dish, a routine commute, or a grey office building.
Yuki found the factory tour deeply unexciting, so she stepped outside to check her messages.
Yuki 覺得工廠的導覽行程很乏味，於是走到外面去查看她的訊息。
predicative: find + [noun] + unexciting
The meal at the hotel restaurant was perfectly edible but painfully unexciting.
那間飯店餐廳的菜餚雖然可以入口，但平淡得令人難受。
linking verb + unexciting, with contrast: 'but'
Rohan described his weekend as an unexciting blur of laundry, emails, and grocery shopping.
Rohan 形容他的週末就是洗衣服、回郵件和買日用品，平淡無奇。
For a thriller, the plot felt surprisingly unexciting — Camila almost fell asleep in the theatre.
以驚悚片來說，劇情出奇地乏味——Camila 在電影院裡差點睡著。
The team voted the data-entry project the most unexciting task on their list.
團隊投票一致認為資料輸入專案是他們清單上最乏味的任務。
- dull
more direct and slightly harsher; often used for events, lessons, or objects that fail to engage
- tedious
emphasises the feeling of slowness and tiresome length, especially for repetitive tasks
- commonplace
more literary; stresses a lack of originality rather than a feeling of boredom
- mundane
focuses on the ordinariness of everyday life; not necessarily negative
- exciting
direct opposite; describes something that stirs enthusiasm or interest
- thrilling
a stronger opposite; suggests intense, often emotional excitement
- stimulating
suggests intellectual or sensory engagement rather than raw emotion
文法句型
unexciting + noun
be / feel / seem + unexciting
find + noun + unexciting
用法筆記
Common in predicative position with a contrastive conjunction (but, although) to soften the criticism — e.g. 'the job was steady but unexciting.' Can also appear with find + object to express personal disappointment.