non-entertaining
tərˈteɪ adjective
affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater.
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entertaining (ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| serving to entertain or give pleasure; diverting; amusing | |
| enter'tainingly | |
| —adv | |
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Non-entertaining
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
entertain
late 15c., "to keep up, maintain," from M.Fr. entretenir, from O.Fr. entretenir "hold together, support," from entre- "among" (from L. inter) + tenir "to hold" (from L. tenere; see tenet). Sense of "have a guest" is late 15c.; that of "amuse" is 1620s.
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