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"text": "He watched the little dog's antics with a humorless stare.",
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"ref": "1983 April 23, The BiVocals, “Gay-Identified Bisexuals”, in Gay Community News, page 4:",
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"Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted."
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"(American spelling) Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted."
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"sense": "lacking humor",
"word": "kuivakka"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking humor",
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"sense": "lacking humor",
"word": "witzlos"
},
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"sense": "lacking humor",
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}
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"word": "humourless"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "lacking humor",
"word": "kuivakka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking humor",
"word": "tosikkomainen"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "lacking humor",
"word": "witzlos"
},
{
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"sense": "lacking humor",
"word": "humorlos"
}
],
"word": "humorless"
}
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