unserious
adjective
un·se·ri·ous
ˌən-ˈsir-ē-əs 
: not serious
unserious writers
unserious debates
… recognize the difference between serious and unserious warnings.—
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unseriously
adverb
talking unseriously
unseriousness
noun
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Newspapers were a daily diet of Serious Things, and Barry was profoundly unserious.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Aside perhaps from war, death, violence, work, and love, life is astonishingly unserious.
—Constance Debré, Harpers Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
The places where men trade unserious memes and riffs that sometimes, occasionally, stumble into real talk.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
In the Valley and at ASU, Russell. who thought of himself as something of an outsider and a freak, had now found his tribe; and art which, to that point, he had always been made to feel was an unserious pastime, was taken very seriously at RISD.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Aside perhaps from war, death, violence, work, and love, life is astonishingly unserious.
—Constance Debré, Harpers Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
The places where men trade unserious memes and riffs that sometimes, occasionally, stumble into real talk.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
In the Valley and at ASU, Russell. who thought of himself as something of an outsider and a freak, had now found his tribe; and art which, to that point, he had always been made to feel was an unserious pastime, was taken very seriously at RISD.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Unserious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unserious. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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