uneventful

UK/ˌʌnɪˈvɛntf(ʊ)l/US/ˌʌnɪˈvɛntf(ʊ)l/

adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,222 of 15,258neutral

Uneventful means with nothing notable happening. An uneventful journey, mercifully uneventful, an uneventful recovery.

It is quiet praise in every setting that matters: an uneventful flight or an uneventful recovery is exactly what everybody wanted. Of a book or a holiday it is a mild complaint instead.

Definitions of uneventful

1adjectiveuneventfulWith nothing notable happening.C1
“The flight was uneventful, and we landed exactly on time.”

uneventful is a quality.

Where it comes from

From un- + eventful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

uneventful in the wild

Bahram I's reign was brief and largely uneventful.
Bahram I
During the war, Starfish, part of the 2nd Submarine Flotilla, conducted five uneventful war patrols in the North Sea.
HMS Starfish (19S)
Syrtis went on to conduct three patrols off Norway, but these were uneventful.
HMS Syrtis
After three uneventful patrols in the North Sea, the boat conducted one patrol in the Bay of Biscay, attacking two surfaced German U-boats with torpedoes, but missed.
HMS Sea Nymph (P223)
In March 1944, Sea Nymph was sent to the United States for a refit; she returned in October, then after an uneventful patrol, she had her battery changed.
HMS Sea Nymph (P223)

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