nonfunny

nonfunny

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ funny.

Adjective

nonfunny (comparative more nonfunny, superlative most nonfunny)

1. Not funny.

   Synonym: unfunny

   • 1985, Gaeddert, LouAnn Bigge; Schwark, Mary Beth, Your former friend, Matthew, Toronto; New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, OCLC 12865108, page 49:

     She laughed. A bitter, nonfunny laugh.

   • 2002 November 15, Sorchas Lassair, “PCOS”, in soc.support.fat-acceptance.moderated, Usenet‎:

     Nope - my interpretation of your comments is accurate - every post of yours that I read leaves me wondering why you are here (and why don't you ever get moderated) - you always come off as ill tempered, nitpicky, snide, sarcastic in a nonfunny way, and incredibly argumentative.

   • 2015 October 28, Brook Ziporyn, Being and Ambiguity: Philosophical Experiments with Tiantai Buddhism, Open Court, →ISBN, page 198:

     That is, on the setup/punch-line model, the entire joke, from beginning to end, can be described as funny, once the punch line has occurred, but equally, for asymmetrical reasons outlined above, as nonfunny.