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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The Washington Commanders were viewed as an unserious franchise, until new ownership, Dan Quinn and Jayden Daniels transformed the perception.
—Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Middle Eastern arms dealers, Chinese spies, dictator-friendly London bankers—seeks meaningful, unserious relationship with like-minded but definitely not under-age woman eager to share my fabulous, spectacularly relevant life, also maybe a little massage.
—George Kalogerakis, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Despite some very serious and complex problems looming over our country — inflation, a border crisis, rising crime, our involvement in several wars — Trump’s spent the past couple weeks leading up to his inauguration publicly musing on several preposterous and deeply unserious ideas.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
The claims that immigrants are threatening America’s safety, and the implication that anyone can just walk in without being screened, is unserious and a distraction from real national security issues.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Orange County Register, 29 Dec. 2024
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Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Middle Eastern arms dealers, Chinese spies, dictator-friendly London bankers—seeks meaningful, unserious relationship with like-minded but definitely not under-age woman eager to share my fabulous, spectacularly relevant life, also maybe a little massage.
—George Kalogerakis, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Despite some very serious and complex problems looming over our country — inflation, a border crisis, rising crime, our involvement in several wars — Trump’s spent the past couple weeks leading up to his inauguration publicly musing on several preposterous and deeply unserious ideas.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
The claims that immigrants are threatening America’s safety, and the implication that anyone can just walk in without being screened, is unserious and a distraction from real national security issues.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Orange County Register, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Unserious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unserious. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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